The workforce in all industrialized countries is aging. To forecast future challenges,it is important to understand the impact of a worker’s age on the labor market. In thispaper, we analyze whether older workers in Germany and Norway are treated differentlyin the hiring process. Students and...

Two firms, each consisting of a team with the owner and just oneemployee, compete on the labor market with free labor mobility. Afterobserving the investment decisions by firm owners their employees canengage in costly training, thus increasing their general and firm-specificproductivity, which...