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Demographic change will reduce the proportion of people of working age in the total populations of all OECD countries, with potentially adverse effects on economic growth. However, this tendency could – at least partially – be countered by increasing employment rates. Employment is particularly low in the higher age groups.
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Henseke, G. (2011). Demographic change and the economically active populations of OECD countries – Could older workers compensate for the decline?. In: Boppel, M., Boehm, S., Kunisch, S. (eds) From Grey to Silver. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-15594-9_3
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