research project called AGIR. The project tries to establish facts and evidence on the ageing process in EU countries and … relate this process with health and retirement issues. Five dimensions of the ageing process have been considered: population …, mortality, longevity, lifecourses and morbidity. Conventionally measured ageing can be caused by low fertility and longer lives …

This paper attempts to paint a coherent picture of the effects of ageing on a small, open, economy with large pension … equilibrium model with institutional details. We find that ageing leads to a tighter labor market, increasing costs for both … burden of ageing is the eventual size of the increase in labor market participation of older workers. The intergenerational …

The paper examines the effects of ageing and makes a case for partial pre-funding of pensions. The argument is based on …

In this paper we address the question whether in case of population ageing a transition from an unfunded to a more …

With the ageing of the European population, the housing choices of the elderly will have consequences on the whole … housing market. In this paper we use data from the first two waves of the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe …

We analyze the short and long run effects of demographic ageing—increased longevity and reduced fertility—on per … to demographic ageing and per-capita growth to accelerate. If the retirement age were held constant, the growth rate in …