Diversity at the workplace: Whom does it benefit?

Economist

Volumn 159, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 223-255

  Ilmakunnas, Pekka ^a   Ilmakunnas, Seija ^b  

^a HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

^b LABOUR INSTITUTE FOR ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Aging; Linked employer employee data; Productivity; Workforce diversity

Indexed keywords

AGING; EMPLOYMENT; LABOR PRODUCTIVITY; WAGE GAP; WORKPLACE;

EID: 79958247154     PISSN: 0013063X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10645-011-9161-x     Document Type: Article

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