nep-age 2008-06-07 papers

on Economics of Ageing

Issue of 2008‒06‒07
two papers chosen by
Claudia Villosio
LABORatorio R. Revelli

Can Migrants Save Greece From Ageing? A Computable General Equilibrium Approach Using G-AMOS. By Nikos Pappas
IT Training and Employability of Older Workers By Schleife, Katrin

Can Migrants Save Greece From Ageing? A Computable General Equilibrium Approach Using G-AMOS.

By:	Nikos Pappas (Department of Economics, University of Strathclyde)
Abstract:	The population of Greece is projected to age in the course of the next three decades. This paper combines demographic projections with a multi-period economic Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) modelling framework to assess the macroeconomic impact of these future demographic trends. The simulation strategy adopted in Lisenkova et. al. (2008) is also employed here. The size and age composition of the population in the future depends on current and future values of demographic parameters such as the fertility, mortality rates and the level of annual net migration. We use FIV-FIV software in order to project population changes for 30 years. Total population and working age population changes are introduced to the G-AMOS modelling framework calibrated for the Greek economy for the year 2004. Positive net migration is able to cancel the negative impacts of an ageing population that would otherwise occur as a result of the shrinking of the labour force. The policy implication is that a viable, long-lasting migration policy should be implemented, while the importance of policies that could increase fertility should also be considered.
Keywords:	CGE modelling, ageing population, migration, demography, Greece
JEL:	J11 J21
Date:	2008–03
URL:	http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:str:wpaper:0801&r=age

IT Training and Employability of Older Workers

By:	Schleife, Katrin
Abstract:	This paper empirically analyzes the relationship between firm-provided IT training and the firm’s proportion of older workers. Using data from the ZEW ICT survey of the years 2004 and 2007, the results show that a firm’s IT intensity plays a crucial role: firms intensively using information technologies employ a significantly smaller proportion of older workers than firms that are less IT-intensive. However, higher participation rates of older workers in IT training are related to a larger proportion of older workers within firms. It turns out that this effect is of particular importance in firms that intensively use IT.
Keywords:	older workers, IT training, information technologies
JEL:	J14 J21 J24
Date:	2008
URL:	http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:zbw:zewdip:7230&r=age

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