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Can We Get Through the Demographic Crunch? The Implications of the 2025 OECD Employment Report

05
Nov
01:00 PM - 05:30 PM


Join us as experts discuss the 2025 OECD Employment Outlook and possible solutions OECD member countries could take to mitigate the effects of depopulation, such as by integrating underrepresented groups in the labor market, postponing retirement, implementing technological advances, increasing and updating job skills, and redesigning work.

The 2025 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Employment Outlook examines the latest labor market developments and prospects in countries in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). This year’s report focuses on the enormous challenges that population aging poses to living standards and social cohesion more generally. Without swift changes in policies and behaviors, gross domestic product growth per capita will slow down significantly in most OECD countries.

Join us as experts discuss the 2025 OECD Employment Outlook and possible solutions OECD member countries could take to mitigate the effects of depopulation, such as by integrating underrepresented groups in the labor market, postponing retirement, implementing technological advances, increasing and updating job skills, and redesigning work.

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If you are unable to attend in person, a video livestream will be made available on this page.

Agenda

12:45 p.m.
Registration opens.

1:00 p.m.
Opening Remarks:
Douglas Besharov, Professor, University of Maryland
Gopi Shah Goda, Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution
Matt Weidinger, Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute

1:15 p.m.
Panel I: The Demographic Pressures on Employment and the Economy

Participants:
Stefano Scarpetta, Director, Employment, Labor and Social Affairs Directorate, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Diana Furchtgott-Roth, Director, Center for Energy, Climate, and Environment, Heritage Foundation
Douglas Besharov, Professor, University of Maryland (Moderator)

2:25 p.m.
Break

2:40 p.m.
Panel II: The Future of Labor Force Productivity

Participants:
Martin Neil Baily, Senior Fellow Emeritus, Brookings Institution
Mark Muro, Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution
Julia Pollak, Chief Economist, United States Department of Labor
Brent Orrell, Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute (Moderator)

3:50 p.m.
Break

4:05 p.m.
Panel III: How Will the Size of the Labor Market Evolve?

Participants:
Nicholas Eberstadt, Henry Wendt Chair in Political Economy, American Enterprise Institute
Luke Pardue, Policy Director, Aspen Economic Strategy Group
Allison Schrager, Senior Fellow, Manhattan Institute
Gopi Shah Goda, Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution (Moderator)

5:15 p.m.
Closing Remarks:
Gustavo Flores-Macías, Dean, School of Public Policy, University of Maryland

5:30 p.m.
Adjournment

Reception will follow. 

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