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The labour market attachment of an aged population: An empirical analysis from Turkey

Kariyerlerinin sonlarına yaklaşmış yaşlı bireylerin işgücü piyasasına bağlılığı, gençlerinki ile karşılaştırıldığında farklı olacağı aşikârdır. Genel olarak, yaşlı bireyler beşeri sermayelerine yatırım yapmak istememektedirler. Bu bağlamda, bu çalışmanın amaçlarından biri, beşeri sermayenin işgücüne bağlılığa olan etkisini incelemektir Yaşlı bireylerin seyahat ve göç etmede kısıtları olması, iş ararken de bu kısıtlarla karşılaşmaları ve bununla birlikte yeni teknolojiyi öğrenmede zorlanmaları nedeniyle bu bireyler yerel işgücü piyasalarındaki olanaklar ile yetinmek durumunda kalmaktadırlar. Bu çalışmanın bir diğer amacı da yerel işgücü piyasalarının yaşlı bireylerin işgücü piyasasına bağlılıklarına olan etkisinin incelenmesidir. Diğer bir deyişle, bu makalede, yaşlıların işgücüne bağlılığı sadece işgücünün arz tarafı ile değil talep tarafıyla da ele alınmaktadır. Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu tarafından toplanan 2007-2008 Hanehalkı İşgücü Anketi ve Genel İşyeri Sayımı Anketleri kullanılarak analizler gerçekleştirilmiştir. Elde edilen bulgulara göre, üniversite mezunu olmak yaşlıların işgücüne bağlılığını arttırmaktadır. Emlak sektöründeki iş olanaklarının artması yaşlıların işgücüne bağlılığının düşmesine neden olmaktadır. Kısacası, Türkiye’deki yaşlı nüfusun işgücü piyasasına bağlılığı, işgücü piyasası talebi değil daha çok arz tarafıyla ilgili konularla ilişkilidir.

Yaşlı nüfusun işgücü piyasasına bağlılığı: Türkiye örneği

The labour market attachment of older individuals is probably different from that of their younger counterparts since their career horizons are closer. In general, older individuals are not as willing to invest in their human capital. In this regard, one of the objectives of this paper is to investigate the impacts of human capital on the labour market attachments of older individuals. In addition, due to the constraints of commuting long distances, migrating in search of employment, learning new technological innovations or carrying out job search activities, older individuals are more likely to be limited to local opportunities. The other objective is to examine whether local labour market opportunities have an effect on the labour market attachment of older individuals. In other words, not only supply side of the labour market but also demand side of labour market is concerned in this paper. Household Labour Force Surveys (2007, 2008) and a General Census of Industry and Business Establishments (2007, 2008) conducted by TurkStat are used in this research. We found that having a university education increases the labour market attachment of older individuals. Also, having a higher prevalence of jobs in the estate sector decreases the labour market attachment of older individuals. To sum, one can say that, labour market attachment of older individuals in Turkey is more likely to be related to supply side of the labour market not demand side of the labour market
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  • ISSN: 1010-9935
  • Yayın Aralığı: Yılda 3 Sayı
  • Başlangıç: 2018
  • Yayıncı: ODTÜ İİBF
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