?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fid%2Feprint%2F13745%2F&rft.title=Changes+in+Economic+Activity%3A+The+Role+of+Age+and+Education&rft.creator=Loichinger%2C+E.&rft.creator=Prskawetz%2C+A.&rft.description=The+aim+of+the+paper+is+to+understand+to+which+extend+developments+of+labor+force+participation+rates+in+selected+European+countries+between+2000+and+2010+can+be+explained+by+age-+and+education-specific+changes+in+participation+rates+as+compared+to+changes+in+populations%E2%80%99+structural+composition+by+age+and+education.+We+apply+a+decomposition+methodology+that+allows+us+to+disentangle+changes+in+age-+and+education+specific+labor+force+participation+rates+from+changes+in+the+age+and+educational+structure+of+the+population.+%0D%0AOur+results+show+that+labor+force+participation+rates+of+adult+women+would+have+increased+even+more%2C+had+it+not+been+for+the+downward+pressure+from+the+shift+in+the+age+composition+towards+older+age-groups+with+relatively+lower+levels+of+participation.+This+downward+pressure+also+depressed+male+participation.+The+increase+in+participation%0D%0Aamong+older+persons+is+mainly+explained+by+participation+increases+among+those+with+non-tertiary+education+and+reinforced+by+a+general+shift+towards+higher+levels+of%0D%0Aeducational+attainment.+Our+results+indicate+that+labor+supply+may+not+decrease+to+the+extent+expected+due+to+population+aging%2C+given+educational+expansion+and+education+specific+patterns+of+economic+activity.&rft.publisher=WP-16-012&rft.date=2016-08-22&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=text&rft.language=en&rft.rights=cc_by&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fid%2Feprint%2F13745%2F1%2FWP-16-012.pdf&rft.identifier=++Loichinger%2C+E.+%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fview%2Fiiasa%2F186.html%3E+%26+Prskawetz%2C+A.+%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fview%2Fiiasa%2F100.html%3E++(2016).++Changes+in+Economic+Activity%3A+The+Role+of+Age+and+Education.+++IIASA+Working+Paper.+IIASA%2C+Laxenburg%2C+Austria%3A+WP-16-012+++++