Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/73713 
Year of Publication: 
2009
Series/Report no.: 
ifo Working Paper No. 77
Publisher: 
ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich, Munich
Abstract: 
Extending the common baseline model in various dimensions does not fundamentally change the low contribution of labor quality to productivity growth in Germany. Labor quality growth is low owing to a small increase in the share of workers with higher education, a negative contribution from a higher share of females and declines in relative returns. The contribution of actual labor market experience is lower than suggested by an age proxy.
Subjects: 
Human capital
labour quality
productivity growth
JEL: 
E24
J24
O47
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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