age and gender) and its performance (productivity and profitability) for a large representative sample of enterprises from … manufacturing industries in Germany using newly available, unique data. We find concave age-productivity profiles and a negative … paribus lower level of productivity in firms with a higher share of female employees does not go hand in hand with a lower …

We provide new empirical evidence on the link between age and productivity using a transitional context. Building on a … - in line with the model - the within firm productivity differential between older and younger workers following the … transition was largest among the highly skilled (-0.13 in 1996-2000). The fall in relative productivity followed the inflow of …

In this chapter, William Scarth examines the relationship between population aging, productivity and growth in living … standards and reaches a more optimistic conclusion about the effects of aging on productivity. Indeed, he finding that aging may … in fact lead to increases in productivity, even if no policy initiative is taken. He argues that our economy possesses at …

employment and labour productivity. These base case projections reflect the working assumption of “no policy change …This paper presents the results of long run labour productivity and GDP growth rate projections (until 2050) for each … economic and fiscal effects of ageing populations. The projections presented in this paper, using a common production function …

substantial reforms, pressure on government spending linked to ageing populations (both onpensions and health expenditures), will … of growth (through gains in productivity) are seen as offering a complementary, though limited, response. …

The present study analyses the labour market effect of workers' ageing. Explicitly, the impact of age on productivity … employment data from the Institute for Employment Research (IAB) and, thus, refer to the labour market of Germany. Regarding the … productivity and wage effects of age, the econometric results confirm a positive correlation between firm productivity and the …

years. One reason for this is that ageing also has a direct negative impact on productivity growth, with the effect being … affected by demographic change, is a more solid driver of productivity growth. Finally, ageing seems to be associated with a …OECD countries and their regions are ageing fast. In principle, the negative impact of ageing on the growth rate of per …