GENDERED AGEISM: OLDER WORKERS’ NARRATIVES ABOUT AGE

Re-employing older workers: Ageism reconsidered

In the future, the ageing of “baby boomers” is likely to result in a shortage of skilled labour in Australia, like other western countries. This shortage is due to baby boomers’ early retirement and decreasing national birth rates. In addition, the workforce is ageing, due to improved health, lifestyle, and longevity. There are several consequences of this increased longevity. A consequence of ...

Age Discrimination and Hiring of Older Workers

Population aging and the consequent increased financial burden on the U.S. Social Security system is driving new proposals for program reform. One major reform goal is to create stronger incentives for older individuals to stay in the workforce longer. However, hiring discrimination against older workers creates demand-side barriers that limit the effectiveness of these supply-side reforms. Evi...

Ageism at Work: What Happens to Older Workers Who Benefit from Preferential Treatment?

* Caroline Iweins, Donatienne Desmette, & Vincent Yzerbyt, Institute of Psychological Sciences, Université catholique de Louvain. This research is supported by a Special Research Fund (FSR) of the Université catholique de Louvain to Donatienne Desmette. We would like to thank Florence Stinglhamber, Evelyne Leonard, and Patrick Lemaire for their helpful comments and suggestions on an earlier ver...

Part I Ageism and Age Discrimination

Unmasking Nation/Rewriting Home: Gendered Narratives of the Partition anditsAftermath

This essay examines personal narratives and gender-sensitive fictional representations of the Partition between India and Pakistan to contribute to a counterhistory that takes centrally into account the ways in which nation formation was written on the bodies of women. The juxtaposition of my mother’s stories, the oral histories gathered by feminist historiographers, and critical analyses of Pa...