Demographics and Productivity ∗

Aggregate Evidence on the Link Between Demographics and Productivity ∗

This paper examines the relationship between workforce demographics and aggregate productivity. Cross country regressions show changes in the age structure of the workforce to be significantly correlated with changes in aggregate productivity. Different demographic structures may be related to almost one quarter of the persistent productivity gap between the OECD and low income nations. The mag...

Post 70s Productivity Performances: The role of demographics

The Japanese Saving Rate between 1960-2000: Productivity, Policy Changes, and Demographics

In this paper, we use an overlapping generations model to study the factors generating the saving rate in Japan between 1960-2000. The model economy allows for observed aging of the population, total factor productivity, and fiscal policy to affect the national saving rate. Our calibrated general equilibrium setup is able to generate saving rates that are reasonably similar to the data during t...

Severity of depression and magnitude of productivity loss.

PURPOSE Depression is associated with lowered work functioning, including absences, impaired productivity, and decreased job retention. Few studies have examined depression symptoms across a continuum of severity in relationship to the magnitude of work impairment in a large and heterogeneous patient population, however. We assessed the relationship between depression symptom severity and produ...

The role of lifestyle, health, and work in educational inequalities in sick leave and productivity loss at work

PURPOSE To investigate the influence of lifestyle, health, and work conditions in the association between education and productivity loss at work and sick leave. METHODS Employees of six companies filled out a questionnaire on demographics, lifestyle-related, health, and work-related factors, and productivity loss at work and sick leave at baseline (n = 915) and after 1-year (n = 647). RESU...