Hiring older workers and employing older workers: German evidence

Journal of Population Economics

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 595-615

  Heywood, John S ^a   Jirjahn, Uwe ^b   Tsertsvardze, Georgi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^c Feri Rating and Research AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Delayed compensation; Older workers; Specific training

Indexed keywords

EID: 75749153039     PISSN: 09331433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00148-008-0214-7     Document Type: Article

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