The age discrimination law at 50: A mixed bag
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The age discrimination law at 50: A mixed bag
- February 14, 2017
- David Neumark, economics, via Forbes and Next Avenue, Feb. 14, 2017
Stereotypes that peg older workers as low-productivity employees who are stuck in
their ways remain infuriatingly durable. “One thing that always strikes me is social
attitudes,” says David Neumark, economist and director of the Center for Economics
& Public Policy at the University of California, Irvine. “People who would never make
a racist or sexist joke will make an ageist joke without thinking about it. The social
acceptability of that is remarkable.”
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