Age discrimination in hiring decisions : a comparison of Germany and Norway

dc.contributor.author	Büsch, Victoria
dc.contributor.author	Dahl, Svenn-Åge
dc.contributor.author	Dittrich, Dennis A.V.
dc.date.accessioned	2006-06-23T12:21:48Z
dc.date.available	2006-06-23T12:21:48Z
dc.date.issued	2004-12
dc.identifier.issn	1503-2140
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11250/165514
dc.description.abstract	The workforce in all industrialized countries is aging. To forecast future challenges, it is important to understand the impact of a worker’s age on the labor market. In this paper, we analyze whether older workers in Germany and Norway are treated differently in the hiring process. Students and personnel managers from both countries answered a questionnaire regarding the evaluation of three different applicants with varying age specifications and the respective hiring decisions. The investigation clearly shows that in Germany older applicants have a much lower hiring probability. In Norway, age does play a smaller role in hiring decisions.	en
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dc.format.mimetype	application/pdf
dc.language.iso	eng	en
dc.publisher	SNF	en
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Working paper	en
dc.relation.ispartofseries	2004:75	en
dc.subject	age discrimination	en
dc.subject	older workers	en
dc.subject	labor market	en
dc.title	Age discrimination in hiring decisions : a comparison of Germany and Norway	en
dc.type	Working paper	en