Research Catalog

Title

The Effects of Population Structure on Employment and Productivity [electronic resource] / Hervé Boulhol

Author

Boulhol, Hervé.

Publication

Paris : OECD Publishing, 2009.

Details

Description

36 p.; 21 x 29.7cm.

Summary

The composition of the working-age population can influence aggregate employment and average productivity because both employment rates and productivity levels vary across population groups. This paper assesses the quantitative importance of the working-age population broken down by age, gender and education in explaining differences in employment and productivity levels across countries. Differences in population structure are found to contribute importantly to variations in both labour utilisation and productivity performances. Combining these effects in a mechanical way, differences in the composition of the working-age population account for around a third of the gap in GDP per capita for Europe (EU15) vis-à-vis the United States, mainly due to differences in educational attainment.

Series Statement

OECD Economics Department Working Papers, 1815-1973 ; no.684

Uniform Title

OECD Economics Department Working Papers, no.684.

Subject

Economics

LCCN

10.1787/225644583654

OCLC

oecd-lib-001335

Author

Boulhol, Hervé.

Title

The Effects of Population Structure on Employment and Productivity [electronic resource] / Hervé Boulhol

Imprint

Paris : OECD Publishing, 2009.

Series

OECD Economics Department Working Papers, 1815-1973 ; no.684

OECD Economics Department Working Papers, 1815-1973 ; no.684.

Connect to:

http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/225644583654

Indexed Term

Economics

Other Standard Identifier

10.1787/225644583654 doi