affect age-specific employment rates and thus the age structure of labor. In this paper we describe and use different …. Our results reveal pronounced differences in the age structure, timing and dynamics of aging. However, we find that aging … is, in general, subject to convergence towards a homogenous age composition: Subgroups that were relatively young in 1980 …

of an ageing workforce, this paper measures the impact of changes in the age structure of establishments on productivity …In most Western, industrialised countries the workforce is ageing rapidly. In order to assess the possible consequences … age structure of establishments and their production are likely to be simultaneously determined and apply dynamic GMM …

significantly higher in establishments that provide either specific equipment of work places or age-specific jobs for old workers …. In establishments that apply mixed-age working teams the productivity contributions of old and of young employees are … of age-productivity profiles. …

The demographic development in Germany will lead to a declining number of people of working age and thus potentially in … the labour force. The age structure is shifting towards older cohorts. The labour force will decline by 16 million workers …

three parts. The first, called the 'demographic component', shows the effects of fertility, mortality and a changing age …. Specific is that the demographic impact is even stronger for East Germany. As the age structure is almost given and increasing …