Work force ageing and expanding service sector: A double burden on productivity?

Service Industries Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2093-2110

  Ilmakunnas, Pekka ^a   Ilmakunnas, Seija ^b  

^a HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

^b Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus Finland   (Finland)

Author keywords

Ageing; Baumol's disease; Productivity; Services; Wages

Indexed keywords

AGING POPULATION; LABOR; PRODUCTIVITY; SERVICE SECTOR; WAGE;

FINLAND;

EID: 77958573976     PISSN: 02642069     EISSN: 17439507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02642060903199838     Document Type: Article

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