Acknowledgement:
The paper is inspired by my contribution to OECD (2005) and provides a slightly updated
translation of Salverda (2006). I would like to thank Ellen Finsveen for her assistance and Emiel
Afman for his help in processing the IPO data.
It updates a Dutch-language version published as W. Salverda (2006), Vergrijzing in Nederland:
argumenten voor een betere balans in het debat, Tijdschrift voor Arbeidsvraagstukken, Volume 22
nr 2, 126-139. Comments and suggestions by the editors and referees are gratefully acknowledged.
January 2007
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