AGEING, HEALTH AND RETIREMENT IN EUROPE: WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED FROM THE AGIR PROJECT

10^th March 2005

Venue:

CEPS, 1 Place du Congrès

1000 Brussels

Programme

Results of AGIR,

project financed under the Quality of Life Programme of the

 EU Fifth Research Framework Programme

8.30-9.00       Registration

9.00-9.30               Welcome address

Daniel Gros, CEPS

9.30-10.30     Are we living longer and in better health?

José Antonio Herce, FEDEA (AGIR project)

Discussant: Jean-Marie Robine, INSERM, French National Institute of Health and Medical Research

10.30-11.30   Trends in use of health care services and long-term care

Erika Schulz, DIW (AGIR project)

Discussants: Terkel Christiansen, University of Southern Denmark, and Georg Fischer, Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities, European Commission

11.30- 11:45  Coffee break

11.45-13.00   Alternative scenarios for health and pension expenditure

Ed Westerhout, CPB (AGIR project)

Discussants: Axel Börsch-Supan, University of Mannheim and Bartosz Przywara, Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs, European Commission

13.00-14.00   Lunch

14.00-15.00   Influence of the value of time in the retirement decision

Hannu Piekkola, ETLA (AGIR project)

Discussant: Florence Legros, University of Paris-Dauphine

15.00-15:45   Influence of pension arrangements in the retirement decision

Martin Weale, NIESR (AGIR project)

Discussant: Ralf Jacob, Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities, European Commission

15:45–16:00  Coffee break

16.00-16.45   Scenarios for global ageing

                        Vladimir Borgy, CEPII (AGIR project)

16.45-18.00   The implications of ageing for public policy?

Jorgen Mortensen, CEPS (AGIR project)

Panel discussion: all speakers