The European Employment Strategy has set the goal of raising the retirement age of workers in the EU through a strategy … of "active ageing". Yet despite some progress over the last decade, empirical data show persistent diversity across EU … supranational policy initiatives and national politico-economic factors in shaping the transition from work to retirement in EU …

This paper provides an overview of the employment situation of young and old workers in the EU Member States, setting …. Structural or general policies to enhance the functioning of EU labour markets are crucial to improving the situation of both … Union, although initiatives taken at the EU level can provide added value, particularly through stimulating the exchange of …