Age, wage and productivity in Dutch manufacturing

Economist

Volumn 159, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 113-137

  van Ours, Jan C ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Stoeldraijer, Lenny ^g  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c Center for Research in Economics and Business Tilburg University   (Netherlands)

^d CEPR   (United Kingdom)

^e CESIFO   (Germany)

^f IZA   (Germany)

^g STATISTICS NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Age; Productivity; Wage

Indexed keywords

AGE; EMPLOYMENT; LABOR PRODUCTIVITY; MANUFACTURING; PANEL DATA; WAGE GAP;

EID: 79958274312     PISSN: 0013063X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10645-011-9159-4     Document Type: Article

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