Does age matter for employability? A field experiment on ageism in the swedish labour market

Applied Economics Letters

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 403-406

  Ahmed, Ali M ^a,b   Andersson, Lina ^a   Hammarstedt, Mats ^a  

^a LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ageism; Field experiment; Labour market

Indexed keywords

AGEISM; EMPLOYMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; JOB SEARCH; LABOR MARKET; OCCUPATION;

SWEDEN;

EID: 80051868308     PISSN: 13504851     EISSN: 14664291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2011.581199     Document Type: Article

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