Current Issues The Current Issues series, formerly Frankfurt Voice, treats economic and societal topics of fundamental importance. Currently, the main focus is on issues such as global growth centres, questions and problems relating to demographic developments world-wide, as well as China's and...

The European Year 2012 was, to a certain extent, a framework for raising awareness of the contribution that older people make to society and mobilising stakeholders and policymakers at all levels to promote active ageing and solidarity between generations.To coordinate its activities during the...

This publication gives an overview of the most important demographic developments in the EU Member States, candidate countries, EFTA countries as well as some EU neighbourhood countries. Information is provided by the national statistical institutes and covers the main demographic issues on...

Since 1989, Eurostat and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) have jointly organised Work Sessions on Demographic projections. The aim is to continue and intensify international co-operation in the field of demographic projections. This publication comprises the papers that...

Of all the future challenges facing labour markets in Europe, none is more certain than the demographic imbalances resulting from the lower birth cohorts after the post-war ‘baby boom’ and the continual increase in life expectancy. Indeed, this has already led to a significant shift in the...