Ageing of the Workforce and Wages—Does the Type of Occupation Matter?

Aleksandra Majchrowska () and Paulina Broniatowska

Eastern European Economics, 2019, vol. 57, issue 4, 331-348

Abstract: We analyze the relationship between ageing of the workforce and average wages. We use data from the Structure of Earnings Survey and analyze hourly wages across nine major occupational groups in 27 EU economies in 2002–2014. We confirm a significant relationship between the share of workers aged 50 years and older and wages. In the whole sample the sign of this relationship is negative, however, it differs across occupational groups and over time. In groups with constant investment in human capital wages increase with age. In groups in which physical strength is more important, productivity and wages decrease with age.

Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1080/00128775.2019.1620615

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