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| Economic Climate | 4 |
| Geriatrics | 4 |
| Gerontology | 4 |
| Older Adults | 4 |
| Age Groups | 3 |
| Age Discrimination | 2 |
| Retirement | 2 |
| Age | 1 |
| Bias | 1 |
| Citizen Role | 1 |
| Economic Factors | 1 |
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| Social Policy | 4 |
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Peer reviewedComfort, Alexander – Social Policy, 1976
Notes that most American institutions are unwittingly geared to age prejudice as in past times they were geared to race prejudice and sex prejudice. In determining needs and abilities, age is quite as irrelevant as is race. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Age, Age Groups, Bias, Economic Climate
Peer reviewedGotbaum, Victor; Barr, Elinor – Social Policy, 1976
Suggests that volunteerism must supplement and not be a substitute for what should be a gainfully employed work force. (Author)
Descriptors: Citizen Role, Economic Climate, Geriatrics, Gerontology
Peer reviewedJohnson, J. Myron – Social Policy, 1976
Although the use of date of birth is a method of classifying people has certain legal advantages because it provides a convenient dividing line, it results in misclassification of people into inappropriate categories. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Age Discrimination, Age Groups, Economic Climate, Employment Opportunities
Peer reviewedRosenblum, Marc J. – Social Policy, 1976
Suggests that the ultimate economic status of those beyond middle age, precarious at best, may come to depend more during the years ahead on federal employment policy rather than on the local labor markets. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Age Discrimination, Age Groups, Economic Climate, Economic Factors
