Age and disability: Explaining the wage differential

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 47-55

  Gannon, Brenda ^a   Munley, Margaret ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disability; Discrimination; Ireland; Wages

Indexed keywords

AGEISM; DISABILITY; EMPLOYMENT; LABOR PRODUCTIVITY; WAGE GAP;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABLED PERSON; EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION; HUMAN; IRELAND; LAW; PRODUCTIVITY; QUALITY CONTROL; SALARY; UNITED KINGDOM; WORK DISABILITY; WORKER;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; DATA COLLECTION; DISABLED PERSONS; HUMANS; IRELAND; MIDDLE AGED; PREJUDICE; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 67649268286     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.04.013     Document Type: Article

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