between the age structure of the workforce and the probability of adopting new technologies. The results show that firms with … a higher share of younger employees are more likely to adopt new technologies and the older the workforce the less … likely is the adoption of new technologies. Furthermore the results exhibit that the age structure of the workforce should be …

question rises, whether the trend of an ageing workforce will affect the innovation capacities of these economies. To answer … this question, the paper examines on the basis of a German linked-employer-employee-dataset, whether an older workforce … years. A separate estimation shows, that the technician's and engineer's age seems to be particularly relevant …

This empirical research note documents the relationship between composition of a firm's workforce (with a special focus … development (R&D)) for a large representative sample of enterprises from manufacturing industries in Germany using unique newly …

macroeconomic level but also affect microeconomic issues such as a firm's growth and workforce. This exploratory study realises a … potential effect that age composition of a firm's workforce may have on a firm's employment growth. The study applies a linked … that, on average, employment growth slows down as the average age of the workforce increases. …

endogenous nature of the regressors in the estimation of the wage and productivity equations biases the results towards a pattern …