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dc.contributor.authorGuest, Ross
dc.contributor.authorStewart, Heather
dc.contributor.editorDr Boyd Hunter
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T14:27:09Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T14:27:09Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.date.modified2012-02-10T01:56:42Z
dc.identifier.issn13281143
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/41643
dc.description.abstractThis paper investigates a tentative finding in recent literature that the age dispersion of workers matters for average firm productivity. The reason is not related to differences in the workers' age specific productivity levels. Rather it is that workers of different ages are complementary in their effects on average firm productivity. The approach is an econometric study for Australia using the only publicly available matched employee-employer data which is extracted from the AWIRS 95 survey, along with data from a small online pilot survey conducted for the purposes of this study. The results support the tentative suggestion from prior studies, using somewhat different methodologies, that a more widely dispersed workforce by age is positive for productivity. This may have implications for human resource management of firms and for public policy, for example in relation to immigration.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.format.extent437562 bytes
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherCentre for Labour Market Research
dc.publisher.placeAustralia
dc.publisher.urihttps://businesslaw.curtin.edu.au/our-research/publications/australian-journal-labour-economics/ajle-issues/2011-2/
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom59
dc.relation.ispartofpageto75
dc.relation.ispartofissue1
dc.relation.ispartofjournalAustralian Journal of Labour Economics
dc.relation.ispartofvolume14
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCommerce, Management, Tourism and Services not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchApplied Economics
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEconometrics
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPolicy and Administration
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode159999
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1402
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1403
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1605
dc.titleThe Age Dispersion of Workers and Firm Productivity: A Survey Approach
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyGriffith Business School, Department of Accounting, Finance and Economics
gro.rights.copyright© 2011 Centre for Labour Market Research. The attached file is reproduced here in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version.
gro.date.issued2011
gro.hasfulltextFull Text
gro.griffith.authorGuest, Ross
gro.griffith.authorStewart, Heather


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