The 2022 ITH conference takes from the present epidemiological crisis to reflect on other times of disaster and their implications for workers, organised labour and labour relations. This includes ecological disasters like earthquakes, floods or droughts; technological disasters such as...

Increasing life expectancy and low birth rates are shaping the future of the European population. The economic consequences of demographic ageing are manifold. Changes in the age structure of a population have a decisive impact on the labour market, consumption, savings and investment patterns,...

The workshop focuses on economic analysis broadly dealing with the impact of demographic change on labour markets or, indeed, vice versa. We welcome empirical and theoretical contributions from both a micro- and macro-economic perspective. A conference volume is projected. Topics of interest...