Free Webinar of the ICOH Scientific Committee Aging & Work, 30.01.2026
Free Webinar of the ICOH Scientific Committee Aging & Work
Topic: Chronic diseases and labour underutilization in the (potential) workforce
Date and Time: Friday, January 30th, 09:30-10.30 am CET
Access: https://uni-wuppertal.zoom-x.de/j/63659612145?pwd=PJpYhPVwryICljbW83UM6EOo8VcBeb.1
Meeting ID: 636 5961 2145
Password: VX99LGpm
Short description: With tightening labour markets and an ageing workforce, maximising labour potential is urgent as the state pension age rises, even though not everyone reaches it in good health. This webinar focuses on chronic diseases and labour underutilization in the potential workforce and on how the measurement of health shapes conclusions about health’s impact on labour market participation and exit in the Netherlands.
Presenters and Topic:
• Determinants of different forms of labour underutilization in the Netherlands: A nationwide study
Presentation by Sander van Zon1,2. 1University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Health Sciences, Groningen, The Netherlands; 2Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research, Unit Work & Health, Leiden, The Netherlands.
• Impacts of Different Measures of Health on Labor Market Exit
Presentation by Raun van Ooijen, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Health Sciences, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Attendees will:
• Understand the relevance of health for labour underutilization in the general population
• Understand how the measurement of health shapes conclusions on labour (under)utilization
• Get insight into the importance of including broader measures of health for policy making supporting people with chronic diseases
Organising & Contact persons:
ICOH Scientific Committee Aging & Work,
https://www.arbwiss.uni-wuppertal.de/de/sc/
Hans Martin Hasselhorn (Secretary) hasselhorn[at]uni-wuppertal.de
Karin Proper (Chair) karin.proper[at]rivm.nl
