ABSTRACT
This chapter investigates the causes of spatial unevenness in population age structures and ageing, to considering the implications of spatial unevenness in ageing. It defines labour force participation to consider how underlying spatial unevenness in labour force participation might influence labour supply in ageing societies. Elhorst reviewed trends in regional variations in labour force participation in 154 European Union regions, paying particular attention to sex and age divisions. Antecol examined variance in labour force participation trends for migrant women in the United States. Ward and Dale investigated the impact of spatially fixed factors on women's labour force participation rates in the United Kingdom. Labour supply tends to be the main cause of concern for policy makers when considering the implications of population ageing for labour markets. To identify possible relationships between population ageing and labour demand the author reviewed changes in Florida's labour market structure.
