Age Limits on Job Vacancies
Abstract
The United States has attempted to remove the comparative disadvantage of people over 40 in the labour market by legislation against any age discrimination in the employment of people aged between 40 and 70, including the prohibition of age qualifications in job advertisements. This paper discusses the main provisions of the American Age Discrimination in Employment Act (1967 and 1973) and then goes on to consider the extent of age discrimination in Britain by analysing a sample of age qualified vacancies notified to the British public employment service.
Citation
Jolly, J., Creigh, S. and Mingay, A. (1980), "Age Limits on Job Vacancies", International Journal of Social Economics, Vol. 7 No. 4, pp. 224-237. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb013869
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
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