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Demographic Change in Turkey and Older Workers

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  • Umut ULUKAN

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Turkey has been facing the challenge of an population ageing due to low fertility and mortality rates in the recent years. However studies on ageing and ageing issues in Turkey, in particular in the social sciences literature, are limited. This study focuses on the increasing employment of elderly people with the aging of the population and the phenomenon of older workers in the labor markets. First current demographic transition process and population ageing charateristics in Turkey are discussed. Secondly the main features of elderly employment are analysed. Then fundamental changes of the elderly employment in Turkey -such as the working conditions of older workers, the sectoral distribution of elderly employment, gender inequality, poverty and social insecurity, occupational health issues- over the last decades are examined. Finally, this paper try to identify the main trends of the elderly employment which is expecting to increase in the coming years in Turkey.

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  • Umut ULUKAN, 2020. "Demographic Change in Turkey and Older Workers," Fiscaoeconomia, Tubitak Ulakbim JournalPark (Dergipark), issue 1.
    • Handle: RePEc:fis:journl:200105
    DOI: 10.25295/fsecon.2020.01.005
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    JEL classification:

    • J01 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - General - - - Labor Economics: General
    • J14 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of the Elderly; Economics of the Handicapped; Non-Labor Market Discrimination
    • J18 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Public Policy
    • J26 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Retirement; Retirement Policies

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