Productivity-Wage gaps among age groups: Does the ICT environment matter?

Economist

Volumn 159, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 193-221

  Cataldi, Alessandra ^a,b   Kampelmann, Stephan ^c   Rycx, François ^b,d  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c UNIV LILLE   (France)

^d IZA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ageing; ICT; Matched panel data; Productivity; Wages

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; LABOR PRODUCTIVITY; PANEL DATA; WAGE GAP;

BELGIUM;

EID: 79958286974     PISSN: 0013063X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10645-011-9162-9     Document Type: Article

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