Older workers' employment in dynamic technology changes

Miki Malul

The Journal of Socio-Economics, 2009, vol. 38, issue 5, pages 809-813

Abstract: Discrimination against older workers and the higher barriers for entrance to the workforce that these workers face are well documented in the literature. This situation becomes even worse when technological changes take place. In this paper the different responses of younger and older workers to those technological changes were analyzed, and it was revealed that older workers can be severely harmed when such changes occur. It was found that providing a subsidy for older workers could aid in reducing the unemployment among older workers, together with increasing growth of the economy and decreasing the inequality of income distribution.

Keywords: Public; policy; Technological; change; Labor; market; Older; workers (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009

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