Labor Quality Growth in Germany

Guido Schwerdt () and Jarkko Turunen ()

No Ifo Working Paper No. 77, Ifo Working Paper Series from Ifo Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich

Abstract: Extending the common baseline model in various dimensions does not fundamentally change the low contribution of labor quality to productivity growth in Germany. Labor quality growth is low owing to a small increase in the share of workers with higher education, a negative contribution from a higher share of females and declines in relative returns. The contribution of actual labor market experience is lower than suggested by an age proxy.

Keywords: Human capital; labour quality; productivity growth (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E24 J24 O47 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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