Health economics and policy

Europe’s long-term care gap: longevity risk and health uncertainty

Future EU long-term care demand hinges more on health trajectories than ageing alone, making prevention and healthy ageing central

Anna Bahí, Svend E. Hougaard Jensen, Maria Catarina Louro and Alexandre Mendonça

Are jobs disposable now?

How do AI, technology and contracting change the way companies and workers relate?

Rebecca Christie, Paul Osterman and Alexandre Mendonça

German pension reform: first steps along a difficult path

Despite agreement in principle on pension reform in Germany, the country still lags some EU countries in the big decisions on system sustainability

Jacob Funk Kirkegaard

AI, demographics and China

How young economists see the big challenges of our times

Rebecca Christie, Maria Catarina Louro, Théo Storella and Tillman Schenk

Financing the EU budget: an assessment of five proposals for new resources

Four of five new European Union budget ‘own resources’ proposed by the European Commission should go ahead with changes; the fifth should be scrapped

Zsolt Darvas and Roel Dom

Life Expectancy, Retirement Age, and Pension Wealth

Miguel Sousa Duarte, Svend E. Hougaard Jensen and Tim D. Maurer

The macroeconomic impact of ageing, EU immigration policy and pension expenditures

The EU faces ageing-driven fiscal strain, slower growth and rising pension costs, making employment-focused migration increasingly vital

David Pinkus and Jacob Funk Kirkegaard

The demographic divide: inequalities in ageing across the European Union

Demographic changes will pose challenges to all EU countries, but not in a uniform way

David Pinkus and Nina Ruer

Prepare now: Europe must get ready for the coming long-term care surge

In many countries, demand for long-term care services outpaces supply, leading to a ‘care gap’

Svend E. Hougaard Jensen, David Pinkus and Nina Ruer

Long-term care policies in practice: a European perspective

A comprehensive study of the long-term care (LTC) systems in Germany, France, Slovenia, Italy and Denmark

Svend E. Hougaard Jensen, David Pinkus and Nina Ruer

Memo to the commissioner responsible for health

Anne Bucher

EU air quality agreement sends a positive signal but leaves loopholes

Miquel Oliu-Barton

EU air quality agreement sends a positive signal but leaves loopholes

Implementation of tighter EU air quality standards will need careful monitoring in case of circumvention

Miquel Oliu-Barton