We study the effect of secondary education on cognitive performance toward the end of working age. We exploit the exogenous variation in years of schooling arising from compulsory schooling reforms implemented in six European countries during the 1950s and 1960s. Using data of individuals,...

The relation between firms' productivity level and the age composition of the employees is assessed using a unique dataset from Austria. The Austrian industry is decomposed into groups belonging to different ICT categories in order to test whether age structure effects differ between ICT related...