Productivity and the Age Composition of Work Teams : Evidence from the Assembly Line

This paper studies the relation between workers' age and their productivity in work teams. We explore a 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 responsible for the errors. We do not find evidence that productivity declines with age

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Year of publication:	2009
Authors:	Börsch-Supan, Axel ; Weiss, Matthias
Publisher:	[S.l.] : SSRN
Subject:	Arbeitsgruppe \| Team \| Arbeitsproduktivität \| Labour productivity \| Kfz-Industrie \| Automotive industry \| Deutschland \| Germany \| Ältere Arbeitskräfte \| Older workers \| Produktivität \| Productivity

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Extent:	1 Online-Ressource (36 p)
Series:	MEA Discussion Paper ; No. 148-07
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Nach Informationen von SSRN wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Dokuments December 15, 2008 erstellt
Other identifiers:	10.2139/ssrn.1335390 [DOI]
Classification:	J24 - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity ; J14 - Economics of the Elderly ; D24 - Production; Capital and Total Factor Productivity; Capacity
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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