THE LABOUR MARKET IN THE FACE OF DEMOGRAPHIC AGEING IN THE SELECTED COUNTRIES OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE

Demographic processes observed in the EU countries constitute a challenge for their labour markets, causing decline in labour force and increase in share of elderly. The paper presents a research thesis that the changes observed in population age structure may significantly impact the supply side of the labour market (supply of labour force) in a multifaceted way and with a changing dynamics in individual countries. Applied quantitative and qualitative analyses were conducted based on data from Eurostat statistical databases with the use of demographic projections. Absolute increases of dynamics and indicators (single base) were the methods used for time series changes. The temporal scope of the analyses was largely determined by data accessibility.