Are older workers harmful for firm productivity?

Economist

Volumn 157, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 273-292

  Lallemand, Thierry ^a   Rycx, François ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b IZA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Demographic changes; Firm performance; Workforce age structure

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION; ELDERLY POPULATION; EMPLOYMENT; INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISE; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; PRODUCTIVITY; YOUNG POPULATION;

BELGIUM;

EID: 72249096071     PISSN: 0013063X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10645-009-9126-5     Document Type: Article

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