Will You Still Need Me – When I'm 64?

Jan van Ours

No 4264, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: For various reasons the relationship between age and productivity is a matter of policy concern. I present new empirical research showing how productivity is affected by age. I study age effects at the individual level by analyzing data on running and publishing in economic journals. Furthermore I present empirical evidence at the firm level on the relationship between age, wage and productivity. In particular I address the potential wage-productivity gap that might occur at higher ages. I conclude that the productivity of older workers indeed decreases with their age. Nevertheless, the decline is limited. Furthermore, I find no evidence of a pay-productivity at higher ages.

Keywords: productivity; matched worker-firm data; age (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J14 J24 J31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 28 pages
Date: 2009-06
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-age, nep-hap and nep-lab
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Published - published in: De Economist, 2009, 157(4), 441-460

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