Population ageing in Europe and mass withdrawal from professional activity leads to a number of adverse phenomena, such as increased public spending, reduced consumer demand and the growing problem of social exclusion. The study focuses on the problems of population ageing in Europe as well as on the feasible steps that may be taken with a view to professional activation of the elderly. The first part is concerned with the trends in the demographic changes occurring in European countries. Further, the article presents the factors that encourage elderly people in Poland to continue their participation in the labour market and shows the most common solutions aimed at professional activation of the elderly (especially at 55 or over – 55+). The factors were identified by the authors in the course of a study on the students of Third Age University in Gdańsk.
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- Category
- Aktywność konferencyjna
- Type
- materiały konferencyjne indeksowane w Web of Science
- Language
- angielski
- Publication year
- 2012
