The Aging of the Labor Force Challenge for Labor Market Policy on the Example Poland and the Czech Republic

Demographic changes have significantly affected the structure of the population in many European countries. The growing share of elderly in the total population causes increases significance of professional activity of this social group. Available demographic forecasts predict intensification of aging European societies. As a result, changes in the employment rates of older workers will have a greater impact on overall employment rates. The aim of this article is on the one hand the analysis of the dynamics of the aging of the labor force in Poland and the Czech Republic, on the other hand the analysis of changes in professional activity of older people in the countries studied in the last decade. In addition, trying to bring solutions that have been undertaken in the studied countries in response to the aging of the labor force.