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An Empirical Assessment of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act

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  • Michael Schuster
  • Christopher S. Miller

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This paper presents the results of a content analysis of 153 federal court cases in which complainants charged a violation of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act. The results show that 57 percent of the cases were brought on behalf of white men in professional and managerial occupations; employers won nearly two of every three cases; women were more successful plaintiffs than men; more cases originated in the South than in any other region; and government-initiated cases succeeded more often than those initiated by individual plaintiffs.

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  • Michael Schuster & Christopher S. Miller, 1984. "An Empirical Assessment of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act," ILR Review, Cornell University, ILR School, vol. 38(1), pages 64-74, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:ilrrev:v:38:y:1984:i:1:p:64-74
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    1. Joanna Lahey, 2006. "How Do Age Discrimination Laws Affect Older Workers?," Work Opportunity Briefs wob_5, Center for Retirement Research, revised Oct 2006.
    2. David Neumark, 2003. "Age Discrimination Legislation in the United States," Contemporary Economic Policy, Western Economic Association International, vol. 21(3), pages 297-317, July.
    3. Wendy A. Stock & Kathleen Beegle, 2004. "Employment Protections for Older Workers: Do Disability Discrimination Laws Matter?," Contemporary Economic Policy, Western Economic Association International, vol. 22(1), pages 111-126, January.
    4. Morley Gunderson, 2003. "Age Discrimination in Employment in Canada," Contemporary Economic Policy, Western Economic Association International, vol. 21(3), pages 318-328, July.

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