EMPLOYMENT BEHAVIOUR OF THE ELDERLY IN THAILAND Thuttai Keeratipongpaiboon Department of Economics School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London The 11 th IFA Global Conference on Ageing 28 May – 1 June 2012. Prague, the Czech Republic International Federation on Ageing (IFA) part of the CSEAS Project
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EMPLOYMENT BEHAVIOUR OF THE ELDERLY
IN THAILAND
Thuttai KeeratipongpaiboonDepartment of Economics
School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London
The 11th IFA Global Conference on Ageing
28 May – 1 June 2012. Prague, the Czech Republic
International Federation on Ageing (IFA)
A part of the CSEAS Project
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IntroductionIntroduction
Old-Age Employment Situation in ThailandOld-Age Employment Situation in Thailand
Determinant of Employment Decisions of the ElderlyDeterminant of Employment Decisions of the Elderly
44 ConclusionConclusion
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Introduction12 34
• Increasing longevity: longer period of retirement
•Thai elderly people cannot rely on their own savings and invisible pensions: need family supports
•Urbanisation has deteriorated strength of family relationship: what happen to Thai elderly people?
•Possibility: a number of Thai elderly people have to be economically active for their own survival.
•Research aim: to study dynamic of employment behaviour of the elderly in Thailand
• Survey of the Older Persons in Thailand (SOP), 2007 (National Statistical Office)
• Secondary data from reliable sources
• Methodology
• Descriptive Analysis • Econometric Analysis – using a Probit regression model
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Situation of Population Ageing in Thailand
Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2011). World Population Prospects: The 2010 Revision, CD-ROM Edition.
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Old-age Dependency Ratio is on an upward trend: Thailand has the highest rate in the SEA region12 34
Remark: an old-age dependency ratio is defined as a ratio of population 65+ per 100 population 15-64.
In 2007, the majority are:
• Attaining primary education or less
(91.78%)
• Female (56.27%)
• Household heads (59.87%)
• Married (60.68%)
• Able to go out without assistance
(healthy, 87.08%)
• Not working (58.09%)
• Not living in a household with
pension incomes (94.60%)
• Living in the Northeast (35.39%)
• Living with their children (60.39%)
• Living in three-generational
households (36.92%)
Average age of Thai elderly
increased from 69.15 (1990) to
69.72 years.
Summary of the Elderly in Thailand
Source: author’s own calculation from the 1990-2007 SES data 5
Share of the Elderly by Living Arrangements, Thailand, 1990-2007
Remark: *excluding skipped generation households
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Share of the Elderly by employment situation, Thailand, 1990-2007
• The labour-force participation rates of Thai elderly persons are quite high; higher than the world average.
• Almost one-fifth of Thai females aged 65 and over were found in the workforce in 2005.
• The LFP rates of females are quite high comparatively to Asia, LAC, Economies in Transition and the World.
• The share of elderly in Thailand’s labour force is on an upward trend; increasing from 3.7% to 7.0% during 1986-2006.
Old-Age Employment Situation12 34
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Labour Force Participation Rates, the World Regions, 2005
Source: United Nations (2007, p.61, Table IV.2), Development in an Ageing World; Author’s own calculation from the ILO’s data, http://laborsta.ilo.org/ accessed on 12 march 2012.
Region/Country1
Age Group
25-54 55-64 65+
Men Women Men Women Men Women
World 95.1 66.7 73.5 38.7 30.2 11.3
Developed Countries 91.9 75.3 63.9 44.9 13.4 6.3
Economies in Transition 90.7 81.3 52.6 31.2 14.2 7.8
Africa 96.2 61.0 86.5 48.3 57.4 25.8
Asia 96.3 64.2 77.6 35.4 38.0 13.2
Latin America and the Caribbean 94.3 64.3 76.1 37.2 37.2 13.7
Oceania 87.4 73.3 76.0 60.6 51.4 33.4
Thailand 95.9 82.2 81.8 65.7 41.0 21.7
Source: summarised from the Ministry of Labour (2007), The Situation of Old-Age Employment in Thailand.
Old-Age Employment Situation12 34Situations of Old-Age Labour Force, Thailand, 1986-2006
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•Trends: more females, more older elderly (65+), better educated.•The majority are self-employed (60.97% in 2006). More elderly people are recently found in the private sector.
Old-Age Employment Situation12 34
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Old-Age Employment Situations Thailand by Living Arrangements, 2007
Source: author’s own calculation from the 2007 SOP data
Old-Age Employment Situation12 34
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The Situation of Old-Age Employment in Thailand, by Living Arrangements and Age Group, 2007
Source: author’s own calculation from the 2007 SOP data
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Total Elderly (60+) Total Elderly (65+) 60-64 65-69 70-74 75-79 80 and over
•The elderly living in one-generational households are more likely to be
economically active than those staying in other living arrangements.
•Implying: the presence of adult children is one of the key factors in the older
persons’ decision to continue or to quit working.
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Conclusions12 34
Conclusions
Policy Implications
• Although working could contribute to the country’s economic development, elderly employment should be also considered in its social aspects.
• Ideally, older persons should continue working as long as they wish and as long as their ability and competency allow them to do.
• The labour-force participation rates of the elderly have been increasing over these two decades.
• The majority of employed older persons are male, aged between 60-69, low-educated, married and self-employed.
• Elderly persons living in one-generational households are more likely to be economically active than those staying in other living arrangements.
• The main reason for remaining in the workforce is financial i.e. poverty and low family support. Another reason is that they are too healthy to retire.
• The key factor of labour-force withdrawal is health problems; they are too old to work.
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Thank You
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Thuttai KeeratipongpaiboonDepartment of EconomicsSOAS, University of London
• The majority of elderly people in Bangkok live in two-generational households. Meanwhile, the majority of older persons in the Northeast and Central regions live in three-generational households.
• Trend: more elderly people are found in one-generational households in every region.
• Skipped generational households are mostly found in the Northeast and North regions; an upward trend.
• The average size of household is decreasing in every region. This is because of a delay of marriage and changing value towards having children.
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Share of the Elderly, by Living Arrangements and Regions of Residence, 1990 & 2007
Source: author’s own calculation from the 1990 and 2007 SES data
Factors affecting Family Relationship
Source: Mason (1992), Figure 118
Key factors to decrease the importance of family: Industrialisation, Urbanisation and Migration
Industrialisation
Urbanisation
Migration
Family Productive Enterprise
Wage Employment of Individuals
Cost of Home-produced Goods
Demand for Female Labour
Universal Primary and Secondary Schooling
Per Capita IncomeFertility
Child Survival
Filial Piety
Parental Power
Female Labour Force Participations
Joint/Stem Family
Ability to Purchase Privacy/Care
Availability of Caregivers
Housing Availability
Separation of the Generations
Care of the Elderly
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Regional Population Ageing in Thailand
RegionShare of the Elderly (%) Old-Age Dependency Ratio (%)
Remarks: 1 Bangkok was included in the Central region during 1960-1969;2 1970 Census with Own Children Estimate, National Statistic Office;3 1980 Census with Own Children Estimate, National Statistic Office;4 1990 Census with Own Children Estimate, National Statistic Office;5 2000 Census with Indirect Method Estimate, National Statistic Office;6 The United Nations (2009a), World Population Prospects: The 2008 Revision; 7 Survey of Population Change, National Statistical Office.
Source: adapted from Table 1 in Prachuabmoh and Mithranon (2003). 22
Alternative Old-Age Dependency Ratios
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Alternative Old-Age Dependency Ratios
Source: Author’s calculation, using the data of the International Labour Organization, http://laborsta.ilo.org/, accessed on 1 March 2010. 24
Standard and Alternative Old-age Dependency Ratios, the World, 1980-2020
Estimates Projections
Alternative Old-Age Dependency Ratios
Source: Author’s calculation, using the data of the International Labour Organization, http://laborsta.ilo.org/, accessed on 1 March 2010. 25
Standard and Alternative Old-age Dependency Ratios, Thailand, 1980-2020
Estimates Projections
Natural Increases and Net Migration
Remark: Natural Increase = Births – DeathsSource: Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat,
World Population Prospects: The 2010 Revision, http://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/index.htm accessed 8 March 2012. 26
Estimates (1950-2010) and Projections (2010-2050), Thailand