The quality of employment for the elderly in Chile—A factor in active ageing

Abstract

The aging rate of the population is rising, and the number of elderly people participating in the Chilean labor market is also increasing. The purpose here is to understand employment conditions. To this end, partial and comprehensive indicators reflecting the status of social security, contracts, working days and income factors are estimated. There are significant differences between men and women in the estimated index, different levels of education, geographical residences, enterprise sizes and economic sectors in which they work. On the contrary, the conditions of social security and labor contract are the most different. These results are helpful to demonstrating the elements of public policy in the context of active aging.