@article{BoerschSupanWeiss, author = {Boersch-Supan, Axel and Weiss, Matthias}, title = {Productivity and age: Evidence from work teams at the assembly line}, series = {Journal of the economics of ageing}, journal = {Journal of the economics of ageing}, number = {7}, publisher = {Elsevier}, doi = {10.1016/j.jeoa.2015.12.001}, pages = {30 -- 42}, abstract = {The authors 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. The authors correct for non-random sample selection and the potential endogeneity of the age-composition in work teams. The results suggest that productivity in this plant which is typical for large-scale manufacturing does not decline at least up to age 60. (C) 2016 Published by Elsevier B.V.}, language = {en} }