What is it about?
This study examines why people aged 50–65 in the Czech Republic move from employment or unemployment into economic inactivity. Using Labour Force Survey data from 2013 to 2021, it analyses how education, health, gender, unemployment experience and labour-market position shape the likelihood that older people leave the labour force before or around retirement age.
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Why is it important?
As populations age, keeping older people connected to the labour market becomes increasingly important for employers, public finances and pension systems. The study shows that labour-market exit in later working life is not only a matter of age. It is strongly shaped by education, health, gender and previous labour-market disadvantage. These findings suggest that policies supporting lifelong learning, employability, health at work and protection against age discrimination can help reduce premature exits from the labour market.
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The article was written to understand how population ageing affects labour-market flows in the longer term. It shows that older workers are not a homogeneous group: some remain strongly attached to employment, while others face a much higher risk of economic inactivity. The findings point to the need for targeted policies that support older workers before they become detached from the labour market.
Jiří Vyhlídal
Research Institute for Labour and Social Affairs
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This page is a summary of: An Analysis of the Factors Influencing the Transition to Economic Inactivity among the Population Aged 50-65 Using Data from the Labour Force Survey, Czech Sociological Review, December 2025, Institute of Sociology of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic,
DOI: 10.13060/csr.2025.031.
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