Elke Loichinger
Biographic Data
| ID | 208659 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Elke Loichinger |
| GIVEN NAMES | Elke |
| FAMILY NAME | Loichinger |
| SIGNATURE | LOICHINGER E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Chulalongkorn University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2538-5042 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 42 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 15 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Trends in Working Life Expectancy and Untapped Employment Potential in an Ageing Population
The population of Germany is ageing rapidly. As a result, the country's working age population is expected to shrink substantially over the next 15 years. To cope with this challenge, a number of policy reforms have been introduced to activate untapped employment potential and increase the length of working life. However, little is known to what extent employment potentials have already been realised, and what differences exist between socio-econ…
Future Subnational Population Change in Germany
Population change in Germany at the subnational level is particularly driven by changes in net international migration and shifts in internal migration flows between urbanisation, suburbanisation and counter‐urbanisation. Official population projections at the county level use a single scenario, thereby omitting uncertainty that arises from changing patterns in the assumed components of demographic change. We use a cohort‐component model that inc…
Fertility decline, changes in age structure, and the potential for demographic dividends
BACKGROUND: The demographic dividend, a concept that is widely used in development cooperation, describes the economic growth potential based on shifts towards a large share of working-age population in the course of the demographic transition. However, a long-term global country-level assessment of the underlying changes in the working-age population and associated demographic factors is missing. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this paper is to identify a…
The Extension of Late Working Life in Germany
The extension of late working life has been proposed as a potential remedy for the challenges of aging societies. For Germany, surprisingly little is known about trends and social inequalities in the length of late working life. We use data from the German Microcensus to estimate working life expectancy from age 55 onward for the 1941‒1955 birth cohorts. We adjust our calculations of working life expectancy for working hours and present results f…
“It makes the buzz” – putting the demographic dividend under scrutiny
We contribute to this theme issue on “(Re)Thinking population geography” with a critical engagement with the concept of the demographic dividend (DD). We put the DD – a concept based on interactions between demography, development and policy making – under scrutiny and investigate in particular whether a demographization of politics, a criticism concerning political decision-making based on a reductionist use of demographic data, as described by …
Female Labor Force Participation in Sub-Saharan Africa
Female labor force participation rates have been stagnating despite rising female education in sub-Saharan Africa since the turn of the millennium. Using representative and repeated census data from a heterogeneous sample of 13 sub-Saharan African countries, this paper analyzes female labor force participation from a demographic perspective. We show that enrollment in education is substantially higher among the most recent female cohorts than amo…
Providing regular care for grandchildren in Thailand
Health prospects of older persons in Thailand
Thailand’s population is aging rapidly and the number of older adults suffering from health limitations is expected to increase. Making use of several rounds of the Survey of Older Persons, we look at the education-specific prevalences of three health indicators over time and find a positive education gradient for difficulties with ADLs and poor self-rated health, but not for functional limitations. Combining these age-, sex- and education-specif…
Feminising the workforce in ageing East Asia? The potential of skilled female labour in four advanced economies
Quantifying Economic Dependency
The Future Labor Force of an Aging Taiwan
Changes in economic activity
Between 2000 and 2010, the labor force participation (LFP) of European men stayed mostly constant, whereas the participation of women continued to increase. Participation rates of people close to normal retirement ages rose almost universally. At the same
Trends in Working Life Expectancy in Europe
The analysis of trends in WLE at age 50, particularly when set in relation to remaining LE, provides useful insights about the development of the distribution of economically active and inactive years in Europe's aging societies
International Variation in Ageing and Economic Dependency
Within this analysis of demographic and economic dependency ratios for 45 countries around the world, we reiterate the importance of age- and gender-specific employment levels as well as their determinants when discussing the economic challenges associated with population ageing. Building upon existing research on economic dependency, we portray and discuss cohort variation in employment and its possible effect on the challenges of population age…
Labor force projections up to 2053 for 26 EU countries, by age, sex, and highest level of educational attainment
One expected consequence of population aging in Europe is the shrinkage of the labor force. Most existing labor force projections allow only inferences about the size and age structure of the future labor force
Providing regular care for grandchildren in Thailand
Trends in Working Life Expectancy in Europe
The analysis of trends in WLE at age 50, particularly when set in relation to remaining LE, provides useful insights about the development of the distribution of economically active and inactive years in Europe's aging societies
Health prospects of older persons in Thailand
Thailand’s population is aging rapidly and the number of older adults suffering from health limitations is expected to increase. Making use of several rounds of the Survey of Older Persons, we look at the education-specific prevalences of three health indicators over time and find a positive education gradient for difficulties with ADLs and poor self-rated health, but not for functional limitations. Combining these age-, sex- and education-specif…
The Future Labor Force of an Aging Taiwan
Female Labor Force Participation in Sub-Saharan Africa
Female labor force participation rates have been stagnating despite rising female education in sub-Saharan Africa since the turn of the millennium. Using representative and repeated census data from a heterogeneous sample of 13 sub-Saharan African countries, this paper analyzes female labor force participation from a demographic perspective. We show that enrollment in education is substantially higher among the most recent female cohorts than amo…
Quantifying Economic Dependency
Future Subnational Population Change in Germany
Population change in Germany at the subnational level is particularly driven by changes in net international migration and shifts in internal migration flows between urbanisation, suburbanisation and counter‐urbanisation. Official population projections at the county level use a single scenario, thereby omitting uncertainty that arises from changing patterns in the assumed components of demographic change. We use a cohort‐component model that inc…
Changes in economic activity
Between 2000 and 2010, the labor force participation (LFP) of European men stayed mostly constant, whereas the participation of women continued to increase. Participation rates of people close to normal retirement ages rose almost universally. At the same
The Extension of Late Working Life in Germany
The extension of late working life has been proposed as a potential remedy for the challenges of aging societies. For Germany, surprisingly little is known about trends and social inequalities in the length of late working life. We use data from the German Microcensus to estimate working life expectancy from age 55 onward for the 1941‒1955 birth cohorts. We adjust our calculations of working life expectancy for working hours and present results f…
Labor force projections up to 2053 for 26 EU countries, by age, sex, and highest level of educational attainment
One expected consequence of population aging in Europe is the shrinkage of the labor force. Most existing labor force projections allow only inferences about the size and age structure of the future labor force
Trends in Working Life Expectancy in Europe
The analysis of trends in WLE at age 50, particularly when set in relation to remaining LE, provides useful insights about the development of the distribution of economically active and inactive years in Europe's aging societies
International Variation in Ageing and Economic Dependency
Within this analysis of demographic and economic dependency ratios for 45 countries around the world, we reiterate the importance of age- and gender-specific employment levels as well as their determinants when discussing the economic challenges associated with population ageing. Building upon existing research on economic dependency, we portray and discuss cohort variation in employment and its possible effect on the challenges of population age…
Quantifying Economic Dependency
The Future Labor Force of an Aging Taiwan
Changes in economic activity
Between 2000 and 2010, the labor force participation (LFP) of European men stayed mostly constant, whereas the participation of women continued to increase. Participation rates of people close to normal retirement ages rose almost universally. At the same
Health prospects of older persons in Thailand
Thailand’s population is aging rapidly and the number of older adults suffering from health limitations is expected to increase. Making use of several rounds of the Survey of Older Persons, we look at the education-specific prevalences of three health indicators over time and find a positive education gradient for difficulties with ADLs and poor self-rated health, but not for functional limitations. Combining these age-, sex- and education-specif…
Feminising the workforce in ageing East Asia? The potential of skilled female labour in four advanced economies
Providing regular care for grandchildren in Thailand
“It makes the buzz” – putting the demographic dividend under scrutiny
We contribute to this theme issue on “(Re)Thinking population geography” with a critical engagement with the concept of the demographic dividend (DD). We put the DD – a concept based on interactions between demography, development and policy making – under scrutiny and investigate in particular whether a demographization of politics, a criticism concerning political decision-making based on a reductionist use of demographic data, as described by …
Female Labor Force Participation in Sub-Saharan Africa
Female labor force participation rates have been stagnating despite rising female education in sub-Saharan Africa since the turn of the millennium. Using representative and repeated census data from a heterogeneous sample of 13 sub-Saharan African countries, this paper analyzes female labor force participation from a demographic perspective. We show that enrollment in education is substantially higher among the most recent female cohorts than amo…
The Extension of Late Working Life in Germany
The extension of late working life has been proposed as a potential remedy for the challenges of aging societies. For Germany, surprisingly little is known about trends and social inequalities in the length of late working life. We use data from the German Microcensus to estimate working life expectancy from age 55 onward for the 1941‒1955 birth cohorts. We adjust our calculations of working life expectancy for working hours and present results f…
Future Subnational Population Change in Germany
Population change in Germany at the subnational level is particularly driven by changes in net international migration and shifts in internal migration flows between urbanisation, suburbanisation and counter‐urbanisation. Official population projections at the county level use a single scenario, thereby omitting uncertainty that arises from changing patterns in the assumed components of demographic change. We use a cohort‐component model that inc…
Fertility decline, changes in age structure, and the potential for demographic dividends
BACKGROUND: The demographic dividend, a concept that is widely used in development cooperation, describes the economic growth potential based on shifts towards a large share of working-age population in the course of the demographic transition. However, a long-term global country-level assessment of the underlying changes in the working-age population and associated demographic factors is missing. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this paper is to identify a…
Trends in Working Life Expectancy and Untapped Employment Potential in an Ageing Population
The population of Germany is ageing rapidly. As a result, the country's working age population is expected to shrink substantially over the next 15 years. To cope with this challenge, a number of policy reforms have been introduced to activate untapped employment potential and increase the length of working life. However, little is known to what extent employment potentials have already been realised, and what differences exist between socio-econ…
Sociology (13 works) · Population (12 works) · Demography (11 works) · Demographic economics (10 works) · Economics (10 works) · Demography (8 works) · Economic growth (8 works) · Geography (8 works) · Global Health Care Issues (7 works) · Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk Management (7 works)