Demograficzne uwarunkowania konieczności wzrostu zatrudnienia starszych pracowników w krajach Unii Europejskiej

Abstract

The age structure of societies living in EU member slates is changing significantly: the share of persons at retirement age in the total number of population is steadily growing, whereas the proportion of the pre-working age population is decreasing. This type of demographic processes influences the labour market, particularly its future condition. Some member states are anticipated to suffer from the labour force shortage, aggravated by the ageing of the economically active population. Another important consequence of the increasingly grow ing proportion of population at retirement age in its total number is macro-social problems with financing their old age pensions. This calls for stimulating economic activity in the older age groups - a difficult challenge faced by the social policies in the member states.