Labour Markets in an Ageing Europe [Hardcover]

In this volume demographers and labour economists review the implications of the ageing of the European labour force.In this volume, leading demographers and labour economists review the implications of the ageing of the European labour force and total population. They consider possible policies to improve the quantity and quality of the labour force, through education, employment incentives and selective immigration policies.In this volume, leading demographers and labour economists review the implications of the ageing of the European labour force and total population. They consider possible policies to improve the quantity and quality of the labour force, through education, employment incentives and selective immigration policies.The EC population grew by 17% during 1960-90 but will fall by 2% by 2025. The dramatic growth in the number of Europe's pensioners and the rapid aging of its working population may call for active policies to improve the quantity or quality of the labor force. In this volume, demographers and labor economists investigate these options by comparing recent demographic and labor market developments in Western and Eastern Europe with those in the United States and Japan.1. Ageing and the European labour market: public policy issues Paul Johnson and Klaus F. Zimmermann; 2. Ageing and European economic demography Paul Johnson; 3. Ageing and employment trends: a comparative analysis for OECD countries Martin Rein and Klaus Jacobs; 4. Ageing and the labour market in Poland and Eastern Europe Stanislawa Golinowska; 5. The implications of cohort size for human capital investment Christopher J. Flinn; 6. Does an ageing labour force call for large adjustments in training or wage policies? Didier Blanchet; 7. On ageing and earnings N. Anders Klevmarken; 8. Age, wages and education in The Netherlands Joop Hartog, Hessel Oosterbeek and Coen Teulings; 9. Ageing and unemployment Christoph M. Schmidt; 10. Ageing, migration and labour mobility Rainer Winkls+