VID Colloquium
Dependency ratios in the context of demographic change. Presentation of „Dependency Ratio Calculator“
Josef Wöss, Austrian Chamber of Labour (Arbeiterkammer Wien)
Date: Tue, 6 March 2012, Time: 16:00 - 17:00
The “Dependency Ratio Calculator” allows to illustrate and calculate
- demographic change
- dependency ratios (demographic ratios / economic ratios)
- the impact of labour market developments on the evolution of economic dependency ratios
- the cost-effect of different labour market scenarios
About the presenter
Josef Wöss has been working in the Austrian Chamber of Labour since 1986 and is currently the chief of the department "social policy". He is also a member of the Austrian Advisory Council for Economic and Social Affairs. He studied law, philosophy and political sciences in Vienna where he obtained his PhD in 1985.