Archive: Gal Wettstein
The U.S. workforce is aging, which has raised concerns about the implications of older workers for businesses and the economy. However, little research has been conducted on the quantitative value of older workers in recent years. This paper attempts to fill that gap by linking employee and employer data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s Longitudina…
Introduction The U.S. workforce is rapidly aging, spurring widespread concern over the implications of older workers for the economy at large, and for businesses in particular. Discrimination against older workers in hiring, and employer concerns about the high cost of older workers, suggest that employers view them as less valuable than their younger counterparts…
