「Can older workers stay productive? The role of ICT skills and training」
●저자 : 곽도원 (공동저자)
●학술지명 : Journal of Asian Economics
●권호 : 79
●게재년월 : 2022년 4월
●링크: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1049007821001664
[초록]
This paper
quantitatively examines the effects of aging on labor productivity using
individual worker data in Korea. We find that information and communications
technology (ICT) skills and participation in job-related training can help
older workers stay productive. The estimation results present that ICT skills,
a measure incorporating an individual’s proficiency in ICT skills and their
utilization in the workplace, has a positive effect on the wages of the older
workers aged 50–64 with a high level of education or in a skill-intensive
occupation. Job training also has a significant positive effect on the wages of
older workers. These results imply that compared to younger workers,
well-educated older workers can obtain greater productivity increase through
ICT skill attainment and their adequate use, and job-training. The evidence
suggests that a productivity decrease in line with the aging process can be
mitigated by training aging workers to equip themselves with ICT skills.