After 50, women struggle to find a foothold at work
After 50, women struggle to find a foothold at work
- October 10, 2017
- Research by David Neumark, economics, in The Wall Street Journal, Oct. 10, 2017
In 2015, researchers at the University of California, Irvine, and Tulane University submitted more than 40,000 job applications from fake male and female candidates in three age ranges and analyzed the rate of callback responses from employers. They found “robust evidence” of age discrimination against older women, and mixed evidence regarding older men.
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