An Experimental Investigation ofAge Discrimination in the English Labor Market

Carefully-matched pairs of written job applications were made to test for age discrimination inhiring. A twenty-one year-old and a thirty-nine year-old woman applied for jobs where a newgraduate was sought; men aged twenty-seven and forty-seven, inquired about employmentas waiters; women aged twenty-seven and forty-seven, inquired about employment in retailsales...

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Year of publication:	2007-09-01
Authors:	Riach, Peter A. ; Rich, Judith
Institutions:	Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn>
Subject:	Arbeit \| Labor \| Diskriminierung \| Age discrimination \| Alter

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Extent:	190464 bytes 37 p. application/pdf
Series:	IZA - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit - Discussion Papers IZA Discussion Paper ; No. 3029 (2007)
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Classification:	C93 - Field Experiments ; J71 - Discrimination ; Ergonomic job analysis ; Individual Working Papers, Preprints ; United Kingdom
Source:	USB Cologne (business full texts)

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