Age-biased Technical and Organizational Change, Training and Employment Prospects of Older Workers

Luc Behaghel (1, 2, 3) , Eve Caroli (1, 2, 4, 5, 6) , Muriel Roger (1, 2, 7)

1 PSE - Paris-Jourdan Sciences Economiques
2 PSE - Paris School of Economics
3 CREST - Centre de Recherche en Économie et Statistique
4 LEDa - Laboratoire d'Economie de Dauphine
5 Legos - Laboratoire d'Economie et de Gestion des Organisations de Santé
6 IZA - Institute for the Study of Labor
7 Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (INSEE)

We analyse the role of training in mitigating the negative impact of technical and organizational changes on the employment prospects of older workers. Using a panel of French firms in the late 1990s, we first estimate wage bill share equations for different age groups. As a second step, we estimate the impact of ICT, innovative work practices and training on employment flows by age group in the next period. Training appears to have a positive impact on the employability of older workers, but it offers limited prospects to dampen the age bias associated with new technologies and innovative work practices.

Mots clés: Employment prospect; Older Worker

Domaines: Economies et finances

Luc Behaghel, Eve Caroli, Muriel Roger. Age-biased Technical and Organizational Change, Training and Employment Prospects of Older Workers. Economica, 2014, 81 (322), pp.368-369. ⟨10.1111/ecca.12078⟩. ⟨halshs-00978400⟩