In this volume demographers and labour economists review the implications of the ageing of the European labour force.

1. Ageing and the European labour market: public policy issues Paul Johnson and Klaus F. Zimmermann; 2. Ageing and European economic demography Paul Johnson; 3. Ageing and employment trends: a comparative analysis for OECD countries Martin Rein and Klaus Jacobs; 4. Ageing and the labour market in Poland and Eastern Europe Stanislawa Golinowska; 5. The implications of cohort size for human capital investment Christopher J. Flinn; 6. Does an ageing labour force call for large adjustments in training or wage policies? Didier Blanchet; 7. On ageing and earnings N. Anders Klevmarken; 8. Age, wages and education in The Netherlands Joop Hartog, Hessel Oosterbeek and Coen Teulings; 9. Ageing and unemployment Christoph M. Schmidt; 10. Ageing, migration and labour mobility Rainer Winklemann and Klaus F. Zimmermann.