Lifelong learning as the answer to huge labour shortage

Cancelled trains, massive queues at Schiphol Airport, nursery closures and long waiting times for health care. These are all the results of labour shortages. Economist Lars van Doorn can see some possible solutions but has some less optimistic news too. First the bad news: the labour shortages are far from over. The effect of the support measures during the coronavirus crisis and the skyrocketing demand for staff after the crisis will subside. But the population will continue to age in the coming years, decades even. Although the shortages won't be as extreme as now, the labour market is likely to remain tight.