Tag: aging
As laid-off baby boomers venture into the job market in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, they may sense it will be tough to find a position because, well, they’re too old. New research indicates this suspicion is spot-on. Discrimination is notoriously difficult to corroborate in academic studies. But researchers in Belgium, using a well-designed…
Since 2006, perceptions of professionals steady, of support workers substantially improved. It is always difficult to know how to think about survey results regarding employer attitudes towards older workers. Employers may give socially acceptable responses to survey questions, but may behave quite differently. Interpreting results has gotten even harder, however, in the wake of…
