In the presence of population ageing there are strong concerns about (re-)integrating older workers into the labour market. While these concerns frequently relateto the sustainability of social security and the assurance of a sufficient labour supplywithin a shrinking workforce, another argument raised in the debate is that insufficient use is being made of the experience and know-how older workers can contribute to the running of firms and organisation. This section explores the latterargument by analysing the formation of young and old (possibly experienced) workers to teams and the incentives that govern the transfer of knowledge from experienced old workers to young workers within these teams.1
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Kuhn, M., Hetze, P. (2009). Knowledge Transfer within Teams and Demographic Change. In: Kuhn, M., Ochsen, C. (eds) Labour Markets and Demographic Change. VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-531-91478-7_8
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