Skill demand and the comparative advantage of age: Jobs tasks and earnings from the 1980s to the 2000s in Germany

Labour Economics

Volumn 22, Issue , 2013, Pages 61-69

  Gordo, Laura Romeu ^a   Skirbekk, Vegard ^b  

^a GERMAN CENTRE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Germany)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

Author keywords

Age variation; Task based approach; Technological change

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875810623     PISSN: 09275371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2012.09.003     Document Type: Article

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