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Productivité et salaire des travailleurs âgés

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  • Bruno Crépon
  • Nicolas Deniau
  • Sébastien Perez-Duarte

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[fre] Nous évaluons de façon conjointe les différences de productivité et de rémunération existant en France entre diverses catégories de travailleurs au moyen d'une nouvelle base de données qui réunit des informations tant sur les employés que sur leurs employeurs. Complétant une méthodologie nouvelle proposée au départ par Heller- stein, Neumark et Troske [1999], nous adoptons des hypothèses moins contraignantes et fournissons une méthode utilisant le coût du travail pour les employeurs. De façon surprenante, les résultats trouvés pour la France sont très différents de ceux obtenus pour les Etats-Unis, et plus proches des résultats en Norvège : dans le secteur manufacturier, nous constatons que les travailleurs âgés sont plus payés par rapport aux travailleurs jeunes que leur différence de productivité ne le laisserait supposer. La robustesse de ces résultats semble confirmée à travers le temps, les secteurs d'activité et les hypothèses retenues. [eng] In this study we analyse the differences between productivity levels and earnings across a range of categories of workers in France, drawing on a new database which brings together data from employers and employees. We take as our starting point the methodology first introduced by Hellerstein, Neumark and Troske [1999], and develop it further by applying les restrictive assumptions and by using a new method which takes into account labour costs incurred by the employers. The results obtained for France are surprisingly different to those for the United States and in fact are closest to the results obtained for Norway. For example, we find that in the manufacturing sector, relatively to younger workers, older workers are paid more than the difference in productivity between the two age groups would suggest. These results appear to be robust over time regardless of the sector studied or the assumptions used.

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  • Bruno Crépon & Nicolas Deniau & Sébastien Perez-Duarte, 2003. "Productivité et salaire des travailleurs âgés," Revue Française d'Économie, Programme National Persée, vol. 18(1), pages 157-185.
  • Handle: RePEc:prs:rfreco:rfeco_0769-0479_2003_num_18_1_1482
    DOI: 10.3406/rfeco.2003.1482
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    1. Gudrun Biffl & Joseph E. Isaac, 2005. "Sustaining Employment of Older Workers in an Ageing Society," WIFO Working Papers 256, WIFO.
    2. Frank T. Denton & Byron G. Spencer, 2017. "What Rates Of Productivity Growth Would Be Required To Offset The Effects Of Population Aging? A Study Of Twenty Industrialised Countries," Department of Economics Working Papers 2017-08, McMaster University.
    3. Didier Blanchet & Antoine Bozio & Corinne Prost & Muriel Roger, 2018. "Explaining the Reversal in the Trend of Older Workers’ Employment Rates: The Case of France," NBER Chapters, in: Social Security Programs and Retirement around the World: Working Longer, pages 87-115, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    4. Pierre Pestieau, 2003. "Ageing, retirement and pension reforms," The World Economy, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 26(10), pages 1447-1457, November.
    5. Patrick Aubert & Bruno Crépon, 2003. "La productivité des salariés âgés : une tentative d'estimation," Économie et Statistique, Programme National Persée, vol. 368(1), pages 95-119.
    6. Van Biesebroeck, Johannes, 2011. "Wages Equal Productivity. Fact or Fiction? Evidence from Sub Saharan Africa," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 39(8), pages 1333-1346, August.
    7. Jérôme Gautié, 2003. "Les travailleurs âgés face à l'emploi," Économie et Statistique, Programme National Persée, vol. 368(1), pages 33-42.
    8. Frank T. Denton & Byron G. Spencer, 2018. "The Differential Effects of Population Aging on Provincial GDP per capita and the Role of Productivity Growth as a Possible offset," Department of Economics Working Papers 2018-04, McMaster University.
    9. Frosch, Katharina & Tivig, Thusnelda, 2007. "Age, human capital and the geography of innovation," Thuenen-Series of Applied Economic Theory 71, University of Rostock, Institute of Economics.

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