Events

European Science Foundation Forward Look Workshop

The Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) and The Irish LongituDinal Study on Ageing (TILDA) organised a workshop on ‘Labour Market Implications of Demographic Ageing’. This event was organised in the context of the European Science Foundation 'Forward Look' on 'Ageing, Health and Pensions in Europe'. Forward Looks are activities sponsored by the European Science Foundation to enable Europe’s scientific community, in interaction with policy makers, to develop medium to long-term views and analyses of future research developments with the aim of defining research agendas at national and European level.

Programme

WELCOME

• Prof. Arthur van Soest (ESF Forward Look, Tilburg University), Prof. Brendan Whelan (ESF Forward Look, TILDA/ESRI)

SESSION I – Understanding labour supply in ageing labour markets (10.00 - 11.45)

• Labour supply and employment of older workers - Prof. Arthur van Soest (Tilburg University)
• Life-course events and later-life employment - Dr. Mark Bryan (University of Essex - ISER)
• Labour market incentives for the ageing workforce - Dr. Brenda Gannon (NUI Galway)

SESSION II – Human capital investment in ageing labour markets (12.00 – 13.15)

• Human Capital, Retirement and Pension Saving - Prof. Bas Jacobs (Erasmus University Rotterdam)
• Age specific dynamic human capital investment. The role of labour supply and demand – Dr. Tsvetomir Tsachev (Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences)

SESSION III – Understanding labour demand in ageing labour markets

• The Demand for Older Workers - Prof. Brendan Whelan (TILDA/ESRI), Amilcar Moreira (TILDA), Asghar Zaidi (OECD)
• Measuring the Work Ability of the Ageing Workforce - Dr. Derek Ross (Trinity College Dublin)
• An Experimental Investigation of Age Discrimination in Labour Markets  - Dr. Judy Rich (University of Portsmouth)

CLOSING SESSION

• Future research on ageing labour markets.  A needs assessment - Prof. Brendan Whelan (TILDA/ESRI)