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Age and gender effects of workforce composition on productivity and profits: Evidence from a new type of data for German enterprises

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  • Christian Pfeifer & Joachim Wagner, 2014. "Age and gender effects of workforce composition on productivity and profits: Evidence from a new type of data for German enterprises," Contemporary Economics, University of Economics and Human Sciences in Warsaw., vol. 8(1), March.
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