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At what age does productivity on a job tend to reach its maximum? 

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The gap between the age-related wage and productivity effects increases with age.
When children's age is introduced as a variable, child care turns out to be a critical factor for productivity.
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Pekka Ilmakunnas, Mika Maliranta 
01 Jun 2002
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The effect of age on productivity is small, but wages show strong age effects.
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Andrea Bonaccorsi, Cinzia Daraio 
01 Sep 2003-Scientometrics
128 Citations
We find that age structure has a depressing effect on productivity and derive policy implications.
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Anna Lovász, Mariann Rigo 
01 Jun 2013-Labour Economics
32 Citations
We provide new empirical evidence on the link between age and productivity using a transitional context.

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