No foot in the door: An experimental study of employment discrimination against older workers

Journal of Aging and Social Policy

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 5-23

  Bendick, Marc ^a   Brown, Lauren E ^a   Wall, Kennington ^a  

^a Fair Employment Council of Greater Washington Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Age discrimination; Employment testing; Older workers; Stereotypes

Indexed keywords

AGEISM; EMPLOYMENT; LABOR MARKET;

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON;

EID: 12944288241     PISSN: 08959420     EISSN: 15450821     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J031v10n04_02     Document Type: Article

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