ONE OF EVERY THREE RETIREES IS WORKING

Seyfettin Gürsel, Gökçe Uysal ve Ayşenur Acar

Executive Summary

34.6 percent of men and 7.5 percent of women who have retirement income continue working in Turkey. In other words, 2 out of 7 million people entitled to pension payments are still working. Also, informal employment is substantially more prevalent among working retirees. Most of male working retirees are either self-employed or working in family businesses. A large share of female working retirees are wage and salary earners. On the other hand, employment rate for retired men younger than 55 years old is almost 50 percent.

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