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

This article presents the findings of the first field experiment on age discrimination in the Swedish labour market. Pairs of matched applications, one from a fictitious 31-year-old male applicant and one from a fictitious 46-year-old male applicant, were sent to employers with job openings for rest...

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Volume:	19
Main Author:	Ahmed, Ali M Andersson, Lina Hammarstedt, Mats
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Place of publication:	ABINGDON Taylor & Francis 01.03.2012 ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD Taylor and Francis Journals
published in:	Applied economics letters Vol. 19; no. 4; pp. 403 - 406
Data of publication:	3/1/2012
ISSN:	1350-4851 1466-4291
EISSN:	1466-4291
Discipline:	Economics
Series:	Applied Economics Letters
Subjects:	ageism labour market field experiment Economics Business & Economics Social Sciences field experiment ageism DISCRIMINATION labour market
Online Access:	Fulltext
Database:	Social Sciences Citation Index Web of Science - Social Sciences Citation Index - 2012 Web of Knowledge Web of Science RePEc RePEc IDEAS CrossRef Database information Databases - DBIS