VICTORIA STOICIU I SOCIAL AND LABOR MARKET INCLUSION OF OLDER PERSONS Contents Introduction............................................................................................................ 1 1. Social inclusion of older persons.................................................................................. 1 1.1 Positive, but insufficient progress......................................................................... 1 1.2. Measures to reduce poverty among retired people................................................ 3 1.3. Vulnerable categories of retired persons............................................................... 4 1.4. Poverty and social exclusion of older people who are active in the labor market................................................................................. 5 2. Access of older persons to the labor market................................................................ 6 2.1. Older population- an employment rate that is too low and dropping....................... 6 2.2. Working older people in the labor market- too few wage earners............................ 7 2.3. Working older people in the labor market- too many working in agriculture............ 8 2.4. Inactivity of older persons................................................................................. 8 Conclusion.............................................................................................................. 10