OECD faces $500 billion productivity hit by 2040 as ageism keeps older workers sidelined: WEF

Age-related discrimination could wipe out $500 billion in OECD productivity: Report

Pietro Garibaldi, Joaquim Oliveira Martins and Jan van Ours (eds.) (2010). Ageing, Health, and Productivity: The Economics of Increased Life Expectancy. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 288 pp. ISBN 978 0 19 958713 1 (hardback)

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Germany turns to AI to address labor shortages caused by demographic decline

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