Age, Wage and Productivity

CentER Discussion Paper Series No. 2010-12

48 Pages Posted: 19 Feb 2010

See all articles by Jan C. van Ours

Jan C. van Ours

Tilburg University - Department of Economics; University of Melbourne - Department of Economics

Lenny Stoeldraijer

affiliation not provided to SSRN

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Date Written: February 13, 2010

Abstract

Previous empirical studies on the effect of age on productivity and wages find contradicting results. Some studies find that if workers grow older there is an increasing gap between productivity and wages, i.e. wages increase with age while productivity does not or does not increase at the same pace. However, other studies find no evidence of such an age related pay-productivity gap. We perform an analysis of the relationship between age, wage and productivity using a matched worker-firm panel dataset from Dutch manufacturing covering the period 2000-2005. We find little evidence of an age related pay-productivity gap.

Keywords: age, wage, productivity

JEL Classification: J23, J31

Suggested Citation

van Ours, Jan C. and Stoeldraijer, Lenny, Age, Wage and Productivity (February 13, 2010). CentER Discussion Paper Series No. 2010-12, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1554358 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1554358

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University of Melbourne - Department of Economics ( email )

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Lenny Stoeldraijer

affiliation not provided to SSRN ( email )

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