scholarly journals Monetary Transmission: Empirical Evidence from Luxembourg Firm-Level Data

2001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick Lunnemann ◽  
Thomas Mathä
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Monetary Transmission ◽  
Firm Level ◽  
Level Data ◽  
Firm Level Data

Do Older Workers Lower IT-Enabled Productivity?

2009 ◽  
Vol 229 (2-3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Irene Bertschek ◽  
Jenny Meyer
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Age Structure ◽  
Significant Relationship ◽  
Older Workers ◽  
Labour Productivity ◽  
Computer Users ◽  
Firm Level ◽  
Level Data ◽  
Production Function Approach ◽  
Firm Level Data

SummaryThe paper provides empirical evidence for the question whether firms’ IT-enabled labour productivity is affected by the age structure of the workforce. We apply a production function approach with heterogenous labour to firm-level data from German manufacturing and services industries. We find that workers older than 49 are not significantly less productive than prime age workers, whereas workers younger than 30 are significantly less productive than prime age workers. Older workers using a computer are significantly more productive than older non-computer users. The positive and significant relationship between labour productivity and IT intensity is not affected by the proportion of older workers.

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