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Labour Markets and Demographic Change

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  • © 2009

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Editors:
  1. Michael Kuhn

    1. Vienna Institute of Demography, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Austria

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  2. Carsten Ochsen

    1. Department of Economics, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany

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  • The impact of demographic change on the workings and outcomes of labour markets

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages 1-9
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  2. The Age Structure of Employment and Unemployment

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 11-11
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    2. Ageing in German Industry

      • Golo Henseke, Pascal Hetze, Thusnelda Tivig
      Pages 12-30

    3. Unemployment by Age and the Unemployment Rate

      • Carsten Ochsen
      Pages 31-37

  3. Age Structure & Productivity at Firm Level

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 39-39
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    2. Absenteeism in Age-Diverse Work Teams

      • Matthias Weiss
      Pages 40-57

    3. Firm Productivity, Workforce Age and Vocational Training in Austria1

      • Bernhard Mahlberg, Inga Freund, Alexia Prskawetz
      Pages 58-84

    4. Older Workers and the Adoption of New Technologies in ICT-Intensive Services

      • Jenny Meyer
      Pages 85-119

  4. Ageing & Innovation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 121-121
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    2. Demographic Change and Industry-specific Innovation Patterns in Germany

      • Golo Henseke, Thusnelda Tivig
      Pages 122-136

    3. Age, Human Capital and the Geography of Innovation

      • Katharina Frosch, Thusnelda Tivig
      Pages 137-146

  5. Demographic Aspects of Human Capital Accumulation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 147-147
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    2. Knowledge Transfer within Teams and Demographic Change

      • Michael Kuhn, Pascal Hetze
      Pages 148-168

    3. Life Expectancy, Human Capital Accumulation, Technological Adoption and the Process of Economic Growth

      • Francesco Lancia, Giovanni Prarolo
      Pages 169-189

    4. High Skilled Immigration and Native Educational Decisions

      • Christian Lumpe, Benjamin Weigert
      Pages 190-208

  6. Issues in Female Labour Supply

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 209-209
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    2. The Non-EU-25 Female Population in Spain: A Factor Analysis of Labour Market Integration at Regional Level1

      • Elena Vidal Coso, Fernando Gil Alonso, Andreu Domingo i Valls
      Pages 210-233

    3. Family and Work Reconciliation: A New Approach to an Old Problem

      • Anna Matysiak, Daniele Vignoli
      Pages 234-250

  7. Issues in Retirement

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 251-251
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    2. Policy-making in Ageing Labour Markets: The Case of Hidden Early Retirement in Germany

      • Martin Brussig, Christina Wübbeke
      Pages 252-280
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About this book

This collection of research papers explores some of the salient issues relating to the impact of demographic change on the workings and outcomes of labour markets. A first chapter studies the direct impact of ageing on employment and unemployment. However, the age structure of the workforce also shapes productivity and the scope for innovation, issues which are taken up in turn. Furthermore, it is often argued that a decline in the size of the workforce may be offset by an increase in the workers’ skills and knowledge. The impact of demographic developments such as ageing and migration on the accumulation and transfer of human capital is, therefore, studied by a further set of contributions. The volume is rounded off with analyses relating to the supply of labour by women and by older workers. The authors ask, for instance, whether (female) labour migration as well as changes in retirement patterns and policies may counterbalance the expected workforce shrinking.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Vienna Institute of Demography, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Austria

    Michael Kuhn

  • Department of Economics, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany

    Carsten Ochsen

About the editors

Dr. Michael Kuhn is Senior Researcher at the Vienna Institute of Demography at the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, Austria.
Prof. Dr. Carsten Ochsen is Junior Professor for Applied Economic Research at the Department of Economics at the University of Rostock, Germany.

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