Are older workers less productive? A case study of aged care workers in Australia*

Economic Record

Volumn 86, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages 115-123

  Wei, Zhang ^a   Richardson, Sue ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING POPULATION; CENSUS; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH WORKER; LABOR PRODUCTIVITY; LABOR SUPPLY;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 77955778909     PISSN: 00130249     EISSN: 14754932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4932.2010.00665.x     Document Type: Article

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