Older Workers -- Should They Stay or Should They Go?
"It's an assertion that has been accepted as fact by droves of the unemployed: Older people remaining on the job later in life are stealing jobs from young people."
"One problem, many economists say: It isn't supported by a wisp of fact."
The Vancouver Sun, January 6, 2014: "Old workers don't take youth's jobs: experts," by Matt Sedensky
"Canadian labour force researcher Rosemary Venne says career patterns have changed dramatically since the post-Second World War era and the birth of the baby boom generation.
Venne, who has written papers on demographic effects on the labour force and careers with Canadian economist and demographer David Foot, says young people of today are taking "longer to launch into adulthood," but it's not simply a numbers game of pitting one generation against another."
CBC News, January 10, 2014:" Baby boomers not to blame for youth unemployment Economy expands to provide work, but 'lump labour' theory persists."
Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, October 12, 2012: "Are Aging Baby Boomers Squeezing Young Workers Out of Jobs?," by Alicia H. Munnell and April Yanyuan Wu (8 pages, PDF)
The Pew Charitable Trusts, September 12, 2012: "When Baby Boomers Delay Retirement, Do Younger Workers Suffer?" (4 pages, PDF)
"With mandatory retirement for most workers gone, coupled with a demographic bulge and low returns on fixed-income investments, more older workers are putting off retirement and staying in the work force than ever before. And employment lawyers say they are seeing an increasing number of age-discrimination cases as a result."
The Globe and Mail, January 13, 2014: "The rise of the older worker – and age-discrimination lawsuits," by Jeff Gray
AlterNet, December 22, 2013: "50 Is the New 65: Older Americans Are Getting Booted from Their Jobs -- and Denied New Opportunities," by Lynn Stuart Parramore