Ageing Expert Group Meeting Session 6: Case studies: SDG8 – Decent work and economic growth

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The Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA) of the United Nations, the International Institute for Applied System Analysis (IIASA), and Chulalongkorn University, in collaboration with the Economic Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), organized an international expert group meeting entitled “Measuring population ageing: Bridging Research and Policy”, 25-26 February 2019, Bangkok, Thailand.  

Chair: Sandrine A. Koissy-Kpein, DESA

Speakers:

• Presentation 1: Ageing and economic growth: Measures, effects and policies
  Jesus Crespo Cuaresma, Vienna University of Economics and Business & IIASA
• Presentation 2: Untapped work capacity among old persons and their potential contributions to the "Silver Dividend" in Japan
  Naohiro Ogawa, University of Tokyo
• Presentation 3: Myths of an ageing society
  Andrew Scott, London Business School
• Presentation 4: Quantifying economic dependency
  Alexia Fürnkranz-Prskawetz, Vienna Institute of Demography & IIASA

More information and presentation slides: previous.iiasa.ac.at/pop/ageing