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Can age discrimination be justified with a lower productivity of older workers?

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Barthel, Jens

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The connection between age and productivity is a widely discussed topic in the empirical literature. The present paper's aim is to contribute to the explanation of an apparant lower productivity of older individuals. If we introduce uncertainty about the future working conditions depending on present success, a decrease of productivity over the working life can be observed despite a constant a priori productivity.

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Paper provided by University Library of Munich, Germany in its series MPRA Paper with number 14682.

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Keywords: age discrimination; productivity;

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J14 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of the Elderly; Economics of the Handicapped
J71 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Discrimination - - - Hiring and Firing

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  6. Dennis J. Aigner & Glen G. Cain, 1977. "Statistical theories of discrimination in labor markets," Industrial and Labor Relations Review, ILR Review, ILR School, Cornell University, vol. 30(2), pages 175-187, January.
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