As part of the Joint Programming Initiatives (JPI) program “Demographic Change, Equality and Wellbeing”, Tove Midtsundstad and Anne Inga Hilsen have compiled a policy brief. The Research Council of Norway is the project’s originator. The brief sums up current European knowledge on seniors’ labor force participation and how this interplay with demographic changes in the population. The effects on income, health and volunteer work are central topics. The brief, written in English, serves as a foundation for JPI’s strategy for knowledge and research concerning on this specific area.