Horizon Europe
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Centre for Microsimulation and Policy Analysis, Universitat de Barcelona, Max-Planck-Institut für demografische Forschung, Politecnico di Torino, Tárki Alapítvány, Centre for Economic Analysis, Inštitut za ekonomska raziskovanja
Whether today’s decisions ensure sustainable living conditions for future generations is a key determinant of social cohesion and economic stability. intergenerational fairness is of crucial importance for Europe’s future, as demographic and technological changes are reshaping the distribution of resources and opportunities.
In the LIFe project, Prognos is working with international partners on behalf of the European Commission to investigate how key areas of life develop over the life course and across generations. The aim is to create a solid foundation for evidence-based policy decisions and to systematically map intergenerational inequalities.
The project focuses on the question of how intergenerational fairness can be consistently measured and assessed across countries. Together with partner institutions in seven European countries (United Kingdom, Spain, Germany, Italy, Hungary, Poland, Slovenia), Prognos is analysing the key factors influencing life courses and their distribution across generations. They take into account developments in education, employment trajectories, income, wealth, health and subjective well-being.
The project has three objectives:
The project focuses on developing a multidisciplinary system and an open-source toolkit for microsimulations to evaluate policy measures, as well as creating harmonized indicators and an atlas on intergenerational fairness.
The methodology comprises:
This produces robust projections and scenarios that show how policy measures affect different generations in the short, medium and long term. Policy labs, survey experiments and stakeholder dialogues complement the analysis, present the results in a practical manner and translate them into concrete recommendations for action.
The project is being implemented as part of Horizon Europe, the EU's key funding programme for research and innovation. Prognos is coordinator of the consortium.
To the European Commission’s Strategy on Intergenerational Fairness
Project team: Bianca Illing, Neysan Khabirpour, Lorenzo Pelizzari
Latest Update: 03.06.2026
Senior Project Manager, Deputy Head of EU-Services
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We combine economic research and strategy consulting for sustainable decisions in politics, business and society. Our robust data, precise analyses and scientifically based findings enable fact-based progress – financially independent, politically neutral.
