ABSTRACT
Is the French workforce growing old? Ageing of a population is generally understood to mean the growth in the proportion of the oldest group, or that of the relation between the oldest and the youngest, in the population being studied. If we were to adopt one of these criteria and apply it setting a limit for the ‘oldest’ category at 50 or 55 years, at present we would rather have to refer to the ‘rejuvenation’ of the French workforce as a whole, since the portion of the oldest workers has diminished greatly in recent years. Thus, it could be claimed that the French workforce is not yet growing old; for the time being, it ‘is maturing’, as the age groups now in their 40s are the growing segment.
