Inequality in the risk of job loss among young and prime-aged workers – is it explained by human capital or structural factors? • Iga Magda, Warsaw School of Economics ; Anna Baranowska-Rataj, Umeå University

Stay or leave? Optimal career strategies in academia • Andrea Seidl, Vienna University of Technology ; Fouad El Ouardighi, École Supérieure des Sciences Économiques et Commerciales (ESSEC) ; Gustav Feichtinger, Wittgenstein Centre (IIASA, VID/ÖAW, WU), Vienna Institute of Demography/Austrian Academy of Science ; Stefan Wrzaczek, Vienna University of Technology

Participation in, and unsuccessful searches for, bridge employment: the case of Dutch retirees • Ellen Dingemans, Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute (NIDI) ; Kène Henkens, Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute (NIDI) ; Hanna van Solinge, Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute (NIDI)

The road less travelled? The role of labor policies for older workers' labor market pathways in European countries • Maria Münderlein, Erasmus University Rotterdam ; Ferry Koster, Erasmus University Rotterdam ; Pearl Dykstra, Erasmus University Rotterdam

Working after retirement – evidence from Germany • Frank Micheel, Federal Institute for Population Research, Germany ; Andreas Mergenthaler, Federal Institute for Population Research, Germany ; Volker Cihlar, Federal Institute for Population Research, Germany ; Jakob Schroeber, Federal Institute for Population Research, Germany