Work & money
Age discrimination can start at 40 in Sweden’s job market
A 6,000-application field study found callbacks falling long before retirement. Sweden now has an anti-ageism council, but what can it actually change in hiring?
The age barrier in Swedish hiring can appear while an applicant still expects decades of working life ahead. A large field experiment found the disadvantage emerging much earlier than many employers said they considered someone old.
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