The age-productivity gradient: Evidence from a sample of F1 drivers

Labour Economics

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 464-473

  Castellucci, Fabrizio ^a   Padula, Mario ^b   Pica, Giovanni ^c  

^a BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aging; Employer employee matched data; Firm effects; Formula One; Individual effects; Match effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956160693     PISSN: 09275371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2010.09.002     Document Type: Article

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