-sectional data arises from offsetting ageing and cohort effects. In these countries more recent birth cohorts have lower levels of …

The relationship between ageing and skills is of growing policy significance due to population ageing, the changing … survey data across time we can separate birth cohort and ageing effects. In doing so we find literacy skills decline with age … skills with age at lower percentiles, which suggests that higher initial literacy moderates the influence of cognitive ageing. …

In most countries, there are systematic age and gender differences in labor market outcomes. Older workers and women … gender differences in either labor demand (i.e. discrimination) or labor supply. In this study, we investigate the importance … of demand effects by analyzing whether employers use information about a job applicant’s age and gender in their hiring …