We assess the relation between firms' productivity levels and the age composition of the employees using a unique Austrian dataset. We control for firm-specific characteristics (including number of employees, firm type and size) as well as employees' characteristics (including age, length and...

The recent rise and stability in macropartisanship has focused interest upon the long-term dynamics of party bases. Commentators cite immigration and youth as forces which will produce a natural Democratic advantage in the future while conservative writers highlight the importance of high...

We study the relationship between education and cognitive functioning at older ages by exploiting compulsory schooling reforms, implemented in six European countries during the 1950s and 1960s. Using data of individuals aged 50+ from the Survey of Health, Aging and Retirement in Europe (SHARE),...