Productivity and age: Evidence from work teams at the assembly line

We study the relation between workers’ age and their productivity in work teams, based on a new and unique data set that combines data on errors occurring in the production process of a large car manufacturer with detailed information on the personal characteristics of workers re-lated to the errors. We correct for non-random sample selection and the potential endogeneity of the age-composition in work teams. Our results suggest that productivity does not decline at least up to age 60.

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Year of publication:	2011
Authors:	Weiss, Matthias ; Börsch-Supan, Axel
Publisher:	ZBW - Deutsche Zentralbibliothek für Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft
Subject:	Age-Productivity Profiles

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Series:	Beiträge zur Jahrestagung des Vereins für Socialpolitik 2011: Die Ordnung der Weltwirtschaft: Lektionen aus der Krise - Session: Productivity and Age ; D6-V3
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Conference Paper
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	671760661 [GVK] hdl:10419/48719 [Handle] RePEc:zbw:vfsc11:48719 [RePEc]
Classification:	J24 - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity ; J14 - Economics of the Elderly ; D24 - Production; Capital and Total Factor Productivity; Capacity
Source:	EconStor

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