Are young and old workers harmful for firm productivity?
Lallemand, Thierry ; Rycx, François
Université libre de Bruxelles. Département d'économie appliquée ; Institute of Labor Economics, Bonn
ULB - Bruxelles
2009
32 p.
age group ; ageing ; demographic aspect ; labour force participation ; productivity ; survey
Document de Travail - Working paper
02.RS
Labour market
French
Bibliogr.
"This paper investigates the effects of the workforce age structure on the productivity of large Belgian firms. More precisely, it examines different scenarios of changes in the proportion of young (16-29 years), middle-aged (30-49 years) and old (more than 49 years) workers and their expected effects on firm productivity. Using detailed matched employer-employee data, we find that a higher share of young (old) workers within firms is favourable (harmful) for firm value added per capita. Results also show that age structure effects on productivity are stronger in ICT than in non-ICT firms."
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