Here's Proof That Age Discrimination Is Widespread in the Job Market

[Purveyor]

Steve Matthews
October 26, 2015 — 1:18 PM EDT

Age discrimination is pervasive in the U.S., despite laws that prohibit it.

And the older you are, the more discrimination you face, according to the authors of a National Bureau of Economic Research study out Monday. Older women have it particularly tough.

Baby boomers started turning 65 in 2011, and each day about 10,000 more hit that age that has historically been associated with retirement. These days, though, many are opting to search for jobs to bolster their incomes, which can be a long slog.

One reason is something that is not often discussed because it's illegal: discrimination. Three economists—David Neumark and Ian Burn of the University of California at Irvine and Patrick Button of Tulane University—designed a field experiment to try to document how widespread discrimination is, particularly among workers nearing retirement age.



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[djean111]

1. And age discrimination is very hard to prove. Employers just look at the years worked on your

resume, or casually ask you when you graduated. Their asses are always covered. Always.
They will never say they did not hire you because you are older. Never.

[hvn_nbr_2]

2. It's far worse in high tech

When I was 48 and looking for a job, I was getting exactly 0 responses. When I chopped off half my experience from my resume to appear younger, virtually everybody I sent it to wanted to talk to me.