Primary Education Topic:
Policy and Advocacy
Other Education Topics:
Business & Aging
Leadership in Aging
Legal & Ethical Issues
Call it intersectionality (the intersection of age and sex discrimination) or call it more of the same—whatever the name, the reality is that older women get paid less for their experience and education than men, and older women have a more difficult time finding work if they are unemployed.
By Teresa Ghilarducci and Kyle Moore
Older women face worse age discrimination than men in the labor market. Call it intersectionality (the intersection of age and sex discrimination) or call it more of the same—whatever the name, the reality is that older women get paid less for their experience and education than men, and older women have a more difficult time finding work if they are unemployed.