Aiyar, Shekhar, Ebeke, Christian, Shao, Xiaobo, (2016), “The Euro Area Workforce is Aging, Costing Growth”, iMF-direct, 17 August
In parallel to the aging of the general population, the workforce in the euro area is also growing older. This could cause productivity growth to decline in the years ahead, raising another policy challenge for governments already dealing with legacies from the crisis such as high unemployment and debt.
Relevant Posts
- Barslund, Mikkel, Busse, Matthias, (2016), “Labour Mobility in the EU: Addressing challenges and ensuring ‘fair mobility’”, Centre for European Policy Studies, 1 July
- Kai Liua, Kjell G. Salvanes, Erik Ø. Sørensen, (2016), “Good skills in bad times: Cyclical skill mismatch and the long-term effects of graduating in a recession”, European Economic Review, Volume 84, Μay