This paper considers the impact of education and training on both individual and co-worker pay and establishment performance using the matched employer-employee data in WERS 2004, the panel dataset 1998-2004 and the new Financial Performance Questionnaire. This enables us to assess the impact of...

We use an industry level dataset to examine the role of formal training programs in productivity growth. Because there is disagreement over the technology that converts training into new human capital, we test a number of hypotheses regarding this technology: We find evidence for positive and...

We investigate the relationship between migration and productivity in the UK, using an instrumental variable along the lines suggested by Bianchi, Buonanno and Pinotti (2012). Our results suggest that immigration has a positive and significant impact (in both the statistical sense and more...

Die demografische Entwicklung sowie die Heraufsetzung des Renteneintrittsalters werden in den nächsten Jahrzehnten dazu führen, dass der Anteil älterer Mitarbeiter in Unternehmen steigen wird. Gemäß der Defizithypothese bzw. des Defizitmodells wird unterstellt, dass ältere Mitarbeiter...