improves the individual’s productivity in the labour market”. The initial definition did not take into account some central …

For various reasons the relationship between age and productivity is a matter of policy concern. I present new … empirical research showing how productivity is affected by age. I study age effects at the individual level by analyzing data on … between age, wage and productivity. In particular I address the potential wage-productivity gap that might occur at higher …

Using longitudinal employer-employee data spanning over a 22-year period, we compare age-wage and age-productivity … profiles and find that productivity increases until the age range of 50-54, whereas wages peak around the age 40-44. At younger … ages, wages increase in line with productivity gains but as prime-age approaches, wage increases lag behind productivity …

, wage and productivity in the Belgian private sector. More precisely, we examine how changes in the proportions of young (16 …-29 years), middle-aged (30-49 years) and older (more than 49 years) workers affect the productivity of firms and test for the … presence of productivity-wage gaps. Results (robust to various potential econometric issues, including unobserved firm …