Ageing and employers' perceptions of labour costs and productivity: A survey among European employers

International Journal of Manpower

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 629-647

  Conen, Wieteke S ^a   van Dalen, Hendrik P ^b,c   Henkens, Kene ^c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INTERDISCIPLINARY DEMOGRAPHIC INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^c TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ageing; Denmark; Direct labour costs; Employees productivity; Employers; France; Germany; Italy; Older workers; Poland; Sweden; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865766372     PISSN: 01437720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437721211261796     Document Type: Article

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