Can We Get Through the Demographic Crunch?
The Implications of the 2025 OECD Employment Report

Washington, DC
November 5, 2025

The 2025 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Employment Outlook examines the latest labor market developments and prospects in countries in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). This year’s report focuses on the enormous challenges that population aging poses to living standards and social cohesion more generally. Without swift changes in policies and behaviors, gross domestic product growth per capita will slow down significantly in most OECD countries.
Join us as experts discuss the 2025 OECD Employment Outlook and possible solutions OECD member countries could take to mitigate the effects of depopulation, such as by integrating underrepresented groups in the labor market, postponing retirement, implementing technological advances, increasing and updating job skills, and redesigning work.
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Conference Agenda

12:45 p.m.
- Registration opens
1:00 p.m. Opening Remarks
- Douglas Besharov, Professor, University of Maryland
- Gopi Shah Goda, Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution
- Matt Weidinger, Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute
1:15 p.m. Panel I: The Demographic Pressures on Employment and the Economy
- Participants:
- Stephane Carcillo, Head of the Jobs and Income Division, Employment Labor and Social Affairs Directorate of the OECD
- Diana Furchtgott-Roth, Director, Center for Energy, Climate, and Environment, Heritage Foundation
- Douglas Besharov, Professor, University of Maryland (Moderator)
2:25 p.m. Break
2:40 p.m. Panel II: The Future of Labor Force Productivity
- Participants:
- Martin Neil Baily, Senior Fellow Emeritus, Brookings Institution
- Mark Muro, Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution
- Julia Pollak, Chief Economist, United States Department of Labor
- Brent Orrell, Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute (Moderator)
3:50 p.m. Break
4:05 p.m. Panel III: How Will the Size of the Labor Market Evolve?
- Participants:
- Nicholas Eberstadt, Henry Wendt Chair in Political Economy, American Enterprise Institute
- Luke Pardue, Policy Director, Aspen Economic Strategy Group
- Allison Schrager, Senior Fellow, Manhattan Institute
- Gopi Shah Goda, Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution (Moderator)
5:15 p.m. Closing Remarks:
- Gustavo Flores-Macías, School of Public Policy, University of Maryland
5:30 p.m. Adjournment
- Reception will follow.