Year: 2008
Type: article
Abstract: As baby boomers reach retirement age, demographic pressures on public programs may cause policy makers to cut benefits and encourage employment at later ages.But how much demand exists for older workers?This paper reports on a field experiment to determine hiring conditions for older women in entry-level jobs in two cities.A younger worker is more than 40 percent more likely to be offered an interview than is an older worker.No evidence is found to support taste-based discrimination as a reason for this differential, and some suggestive evidence is found to support statistical discrimination.
Source: The Journal of Human Resources
Author: Joanna N. Lahey
Institution: Texas A&M University
Language: English
Subfield: Demography
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
Funder: National Science Foundation
OpenAlex ID: W2891022971