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The Elderly

Find knowledge and expertise on elderly people’s living conditions, working life, elder care and the ageing society

  • Lisbeth Pedersen

VIVE has knowledge on elderly people viewed from numerous angles. For instance, the living conditions of the elderly, the organisation of elder care, housing for the elderly and recruitment and retention in the labour market.

The ageing society is a challenge in many countries, including Denmark. It places new demands on the organisation of the welfare society, including elder care in particular. It also contributes to labour shortage and makes it necessary for seniors to stay longer in the labour market.

Find knowledge on

  • The general living conditions, financial and family situations of elderly people
  • The challenges of demographic change, with the growing proportion of senior citizens and the increasing diversity of this group
  • Organisation and initiatives in municipal elder care
  • The shortage of staff in elder care
  • Participation of elderly people in the labour market, senior policy and retention
  • Elderly people with ethnic minority backgrounds
  • Potential benefits of living in a senior housing community

Publications

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Report
1. SEP 2026

Seniorers præferencer for fleksibilitet og senere tilbagetrækning

  • Labour Market
  • The Elderly
  • Labour Market, The Elderly
Report
1. SEP 2026

Indflydelse og fleksibilitet

  • Labour Market
  • The Elderly
  • Labour Market, The Elderly
Knowledge booklet
1. SEP 2026

Det ved vi om fleksibilitet for seniorer

  • Labour Market
  • The Elderly
  • Labour Market, The Elderly
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Experts

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Jakob Kjellberg

Professor, Cand.scient., MSc in Health Econ

+45 42 80 19 15
jakj@vive.dk
VIVE Health and Later Life
Copenhagen
  • Health Care
  • The Elderly
  • Economy and Governance
  • Health Care, The Elderly, Economy and Governance

Key Expertise:

  • Improving efficiency,
  • Municipalities and regions,
  • Mental health,
  • Rehabilitation,
  • Sickness,
  • Hospitals

Paul Bingley

Professor

I am a professor in VIVE's Health and Later Life department. I study how advantages and disadvantages accumulate over a life, from the circumstances of the childhood home to how long people live. My work relies on the Danish registers, which allow researchers to follow entire cohorts from birth to death and link them to parents, siblings, and employers. A recurring lesson is that the obvious comparison often points the wrong way: what looks harmful can be beneficial, and inequality that looks modest can be large.

+45 33 48 09 37
pab@vive.dk
VIVE Health and Later Life
Copenhagen
  • The Elderly
  • Labour Market
  • Daycare, school and education
  • The Elderly, Labour Market, Daycare, school and education

Key Expertise:

  • Benefit income,
  • Crime,
  • Education,
  • Inequality and social heritage,
  • Unemployment,
  • Reading and literacy,
  • Pensions,
  • Retirement,
  • Older workers,
  • Labor supply,
  • Taxation,
  • Health and longevity

Anika Liversage

Professor MSO

+45 33 48 08 57
ani@vive.dk
VIVE Social Welfare and the Labour Market
Copenhagen
  • The Social Sector
  • Children, Adolescents and Families
  • The Elderly
  • The Social Sector, Children, Adolescents and Families, The Elderly

Key Expertise:

  • Immigrants,
  • Integration,
  • Gender and identity,
  • Gender equality,
  • Care
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VIVE – The Danish Center for Social Science Research provides knowledge that contributes to developing the welfare society and strengthening quality development, efficiency enhancement and governance in the public sector, both in municipalities, regions and nationally.
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E-mail: vive@vive.dk
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