Do older workers lower IT-enabled productivity? firm-level evidence from Germany

Jahrbucher fur Nationalokonomie und Statistik

Volumn 229, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 327-342

  Bertschek, Irene ^a   Meyer, Jenny ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN ECONOMIC RESEARCH ZEW   (Germany)

Author keywords

Information techonology; Labour productivity; Older workers

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350365501     PISSN: 00214027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/9783110508284-014     Document Type: Article

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