This NEUJOBS research report focuses on links between age, productivity and lifelong learning. Various data sources (EU-SILC, LFS, Structure of Earnings Survey, SHARE, ELSA, SHARELIFE) and methodological approaches were used in this report. Our analysis identifies clusters of countries with...

Verlagsinfo: Wie sieht Deutschlands Zukunft aus, wenn man sie wie die eines Unternehmens plant? Auf welche Stärken kann das Land bauen? Und was muss Deutschland heute tun, um in Zukunft erfolgreich zu sein? Die Antworten gibt der ""Geschäftsplan Deutschland"". Deutschland ist ein reiches Land;...

This paper surveys the emerging economics literature on the relationship between employee training and firm performance. Most studies find very high returns to training, at least from the perspective of firms, indicating that the costs of training can be recouped in short periods of time. These...