Template-type: ReDif-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Weiss M. 
Author-Name: Börsch-Supan A. 
Author-workplace-name: ROA
Title: Productivity and age: Evidence from work teams at the assembly line
Abstract: We study the relation between workers age and their productivity in work teams, based on a new and unique data set that combines data on errors occurring in the production process of a large car manufacturer with detailed information on the personal characteristics of workers related to the errors. We correct for non-random sample selection and the potential endogeneity of the age-composition in work teams. Our results suggest that productivity in this plant which is typical for large-scale manufacturing does not decline at least up to age 60.
Keywords: Production; Cost; Capital; Capital, Total Factor, and Multifactor Productivity; Capacity; Economics of the Elderly; Economics of the Handicapped; Non-labor Market Discrimination; Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity; 
Classification-JEL: D24; J14; J24; .
Series:  Research Memoranda
Creation-Date: 2013
Number: 009
File-URL: http://pub.maastrichtuniversity.nl/ffe3dad9-d860-439b-b4fc-bbd33c359973
File-Format: application/pdf
File-Size: 559119
Handle: RePEc:unm:umaror:2013009