Are firms willing to employ a greying and feminizing workforce?

Labour Economics

Volumn 22, Issue , 2013, Pages 30-46

  Vandenberghe, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ageing workforce; Endogeneity and simultaneity bias; Gender; Linked employer employee data; Productivity; Profitability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875813564     PISSN: 09275371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2012.07.004     Document Type: Article

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