Essays about: "Older Worker"

Found 2 essays containing the words Older Worker.

1. 1. Vintage Workers: A Qualitative Study on Age Discrimination in Hiring Among High-Skilled Occupations

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för företagande och ledning

   Author : Elvira Ekberg; Fredrik Bauer; [2020]
   Keywords : Age Discrimination; Older Worker; Hiring; Stereotypes; Ideal Worker;

   Abstract : At a point in time when demographic aging is inevitable, countries across the globe try to encourage older workers to remain in the workforce past the set retirement age. Meanwhile, the academic debate emphasizes how these supply-side reforms are undermined by demand-side barriers in the form of hiring discrimination among older workers caused by age stereotypes. READ MORE

3. 2. Why rural households choose not to participate in the open and optional village development fund in the poverty stricken areas of China

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

   Author : Xian Zheng; [2012]
   Keywords : participation; private lender; RCCs; village development fund;

   Abstract : This paper tries to answer why certain households choose not to participate in the village development fund in the poverty stricken areas of China and takes advantage of the data from evaluation survey of the implemented financial project in Henan and Sichuan Provinces of China in 2009. The Probit model, Tobit model and Multinomial Probit model are used to explore the determinant factors that influence the participation decision in the village development fund of the villagers, the amount participating households borrowed from the fund and the borrowing behaviors among the main lending sources respectively. READ MORE