Hiring older workers and employing older workers: German evidence

Heywood, John S.; Jirjahn, Uwe; Tsertsvardze, Georgi

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“…However, they are likely be accompanied by lower hiring and retention of older workers (Heywood et al 2010). Germany seems to be a case where this argument is relevant.…”

Section: Employability and Active Labor Market Policiesmentioning

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Germany—No Country for Old Workers?

Dietz

Walwei

2011

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The employment situation of older workers in Germany used to be poor. However, in recent years it has improved considerably. Germany has shifted its policies to strengthen the labor market performance of older workers. Policy has focused on less early exits of older workers and far-reaching institutional changes concerning public pension schemes and unemployment benefit systems. A better overall development of the labor market and an increased labor force participation of women contributed to the more favorable employment situation of older workers. Nevertheless, we still observe severe problems for certain groups of older workers. The older workers are and the lower their skill level is the weaker is their labor market integration. If older persons are already unemployed they will experience severe difficulties to (re-)enter the labor market. In order to become actually a country for old workers the issue of employability needs much more attention. Such a strategy relies on continuous skill improvement as well as a healthy environment and does not only address older workers but also younger workers facing a prolonged working life. Germany-No

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“…However, they are likely be accompanied by lower hiring and retention of older workers (Heywood et al 2010). Germany seems to be a case where this argument is relevant.…”

Section: Employability and Active Labor Market Policiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Germany—No Country for Old Workers?

Dietz

Walwei

2011

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“…Successful establishments for example recruit more workers and job entrants tend to be younger than those who leave the enterprise (Heywood et al, 2009;Zwick, 2008). In addition, the variation between the establishments is likely to drive the results and we can only observe part of the heterogeneity between establishments (Prskawetz et al,…”

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Age and Productivity - Evidence from Linked Employer Employee Data

Goebel

Zwick

2009

SSRN Journal

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Die Dis cus si on Pape rs die nen einer mög lichst schnel len Ver brei tung von neue ren For schungs arbei ten des ZEW. Die Bei trä ge lie gen in allei ni ger Ver ant wor tung der Auto ren und stel len nicht not wen di ger wei se die Mei nung des ZEW dar.Dis cus si on Papers are inten ded to make results of ZEW research prompt ly avai la ble to other eco no mists in order to encou ra ge dis cus si on and sug gesti ons for revi si ons. The aut hors are sole ly respon si ble for the con tents which do not neces sa ri ly repre sent the opi ni on of the ZEW.Download this ZEW Discussion Paper from our ftp server:ftp://ftp.zew.de/pub/zew-docs/dp/dp09020.pdf Nontechnical SummaryIn most Western, industrialised countries the workforce is ageing rapidly. Medical research on the relationship between individual performance and age suggests that an ageing workforce could have severe negative consequences on the economic performance of the affected countries. In order to assess the possible consequences of an ageing workforce, this paper measures the impact of changes in the age structure of establishments on productivity using representative linked employeremployee panel data. We take into account that the levels as well as the changes in the age structure of establishments and their production are likely to be determined simultaneously. We apply appropriate statistical methods and test their validity rigorously. In addition, we include several crucial establishment and workforce characteristics that are correlated with productivity and age shares. To summarise, our estimates suggest that some of the previeous studies underestimates the impact of older age groups on productivity. Most of the existing studies suggest a decline in productivity beyond the age of 40. However, we find that establishment productivity increases with the share of employees until the age group 50-55 years and decreases only slightly afterwards. In addition, the inclusion of additional establishment and employee characteristics has a remarkable impact on the shape of the age productivity pattern. Based on our results, we do not find an indication that the ageing workforce will necessarily lead to a decline of the welfare of the industrialised economies because on average the age productivity profile is essentially flat. Finally, our estimates suggest that there is considerable variation in the age productivity profile amongst the establishments in the economy. This is a sign of big differences in the impact of age on the productivity amongst the establishments. Das Wichtigste in Kürze Age and Productivity -Evidence from LinkedEmployer Employee Data AbstractIn most Western, industrialised countries the workforce is ageing rapidly. In order to assess the possible consequences of an ageing workforce, this paper measures the impact of changes in the age structure of establishments on productivity using representative linked employer-employee panel data. We take into account that the levels as well as the changes in the age structure of establishments an...

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“…Councils appear to be better able to negotiate successful performance pay arrangements and family friendly practices when the workplace is covered by collective bargaining Jirjahn, 2002, 2009). They have a stronger effect on reducing personnel turnover in covered establishments (Frick and Moeller, 2003;Heywood et al, 2010;Pfeifer, 2011). There is even evidence of a positive interaction effect on the profitability of establishments (Mueller, 2011).…”

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Non-union worker representation, foreign owners, and the performance of establishments

Jirjahn

Mueller

2012

Oxford Economic Papers

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Using German establishment data, this study provides the first econometric analysis on the interaction of establishment-level codetermination and foreign owners. Works councils are associated with higher productivity in domestic-owned establishments while they are associated with lower productivity in foreign-owned establishments. Our results conform to the notion that foreign ownership can involve strong tensions with the institutional patterns of the host country.JEL classifications: J53, J54, M54.

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Hiring older workers and employing older workers: German evidence

Abstract: Older workers, Delayed compensation, Specific training, J33, J63,

Cited by 81 publications

References 32 publications

Germany—No Country for Old Workers?

Germany—No Country for Old Workers?

Age and Productivity - Evidence from Linked Employer Employee Data

Non-union worker representation, foreign owners, and the performance of establishments

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