Do Employers Discriminate Against the Aging Workers when Hiring Employees in China?. (24th February 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Chen, Sizhuo; Chen, Guifu
• Is Part Of: Journal of international development. Volume 29:Number 6(2017:Aug.)
• Page Start: 805
• Page End: 824
• Publication Date: 2017-02-24
• Subjects: discrimination -- aging society -- reemployment of retirees -- China; Economic development projects -- Developing countries -- Periodicals; Developing countries -- Economic policy -- Periodicals; Developing countries -- Foreign economic relations -- Periodicals; Economic development -- Periodicals; 330.91724
• DOI: 10.1002/jid.3275
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0954-1748

Abstract

Abstract: To verify whether the aging workers' employment conditions become worse in aging society compared to pre‐aging society, and, if so, whether discrimination can explain for this kind of phenomenon, using data from the China Health and Nutrition Survey questionnaire (1997, 2000, 2004 and 2006), this paper examines the reemployment of retirees in China's aging society. This paper finds that the aging workers' employment conditions became worse, and discrimination could account for the lower share of elderly rehires in 2004 and 2006, in comparison with 1997 and 2000. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.