Age discrimination and research ethics

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26 July 2010The problem of age discrimination in the workforce has acquired extra salience because of the growth of policies designed to prolong labour force participation beyond the conventional retirement age at around 60. Despite such policy trends, it appears that age discrimination continues to handicap or even prevent older workers from continuing in employment. This article reports on a current project on age discrimination, discussing in particular the research ethics issues and bureaucratic controls encountered in the research process.

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Publication typeArticle
Publisher TypeAcademic research centre, APO Member
CoverageAustralia
Permanent URLhttp://apo.org.au/node/22149
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