A study conducted by Chou Wen-chi, associate professor in National Chung Cheng University's Institute of Labor Studies, shows that the labor-force participation rate of Taiwan's elderly is pretty low. What's more, in recent years there has even been a trend toward early retirement: the average retirement age in Taiwan's industrial and service sectors is 55; in the public sector it is 56.
中正大學勞工研究所副教授周玟琪的研究顯示，台灣過去在政策上忽略高齡者就業的議題，使得我國高齡勞動參與率明顯偏低，近年甚至還有提前退休的趨勢：台灣工業及服務業平均退休年齡為 55 歲，公務機關則為 56 歲。