Human Capital, Skills, and Work Performance

Bowen, Catherine E., and Vegard Skirbekk. 2013. “National Stereotypes of Older People’s Competence Are Related to Older Adults’ Participation in Paid and Volunteer Work.” The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences 68 (6): 974–83. doi:10.1093/ge

Engelhardt, Henriette, Isabella Buber, Vegard Skirbekk, and Alexia Prskawetz. 2010. “Social Involvement, Behavioural Risks and Cognitive Functioning among Older People.” Ageing and Society 30 (5): 779–809. doi:10.1017/S0144686X09990626.

Gordo, Laura Romeu, and Vegard Skirbekk. 2013. “Skill Demand and the Comparative Advantage of Age: Jobs Tasks and Earnings from the 1980s to the 2000s in Germany.” Labour Economics 22 (June). Supplement: Ageing and Productivity: 61–69. doi:10.1016/j.labeco.2012.09.003.

Sanderson, W., Skirbekk, V, and Stonawski M (2014). Young Adult Failure to Thrive Syndrome.  Finnish Yearbook of Population Research XLVIII. 

Schneeweis, Nicole, Vegard Skirbekk, and Rudolf Winter-Ebmer. 2014. “Does Education Improve Cognitive Performance Four Decades After School Completion?” Demography, 1–25. doi:10.1007/s13524-014-0281-1.

Skirbekk, Vegard. 2004. “Age and Individual Productivity: A Literature Survey.” Vienna Yearbook of Population Research, 133–53.z

Skirbekk, Vegard. 2011. “Recession Hits U.S. Fertility.” Options Winter 2011/2012: 23.

Skirbekk, Vegard, and Katharina Frosch. 2009. “Trends in Senior Workers’ Productivity Potential.” In XXVI IUSSP International Population Conference. Marrakech, Marocco: IUSSP. http://iussp2009.princeton.edu/papers/90457. 

Skirbekk, Vegard, Elke Loichinger, and Bilal Barakat. 2012. “The Aging of the Workforce in European Countries. Demographic Trends, Retirement Projections, and Retirement Policies.” In The Oxford Handbook of Work and Aging, edited by Jerry W. Hedge and Walter C. Borman, 1st ed. Oxford University Press, USA.

Skirbekk, Vegard, Elke Loichinger, and Daniela Weber. 2012. “Variation in Cognitive Functioning as a Refined Approach to Comparing Aging across Countries.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 109 (3): 770–74. doi:10.1073/pnas.1112173109. 

Sobotka, Tomáš, Vegard Skirbekk, and Dimiter Philipov. 2011. “Economic Recession and Fertility in the Developed World.” Population and Development Review 37 (2): 267–306. doi:10.1111/j.1728-4457.2011.00411.x.

Stonawski, M., and V. Skirbekk. 2012. “Can Demographically Caused Cognitive Decline in China and India Be Offset by Investments in Education?” . Presentation at the Asian Population Association Conference 2012, 26-29 August 2012, Bangkok.


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