Working away at the cost of ageing: the labour market adjusted dependency ratio

Apr 27, 2011

Fabian Zuleeg

Chief Executive and Chief Economist

In this Issue Paper, Fabian Zuleeg and Benedetta Guerzoni highlight the key role of better functioning labour markets in tackling the challenge of population ageing.

Read the full paper here

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