Age As a Factor Defining Older Women's Experience of Labour Market Participation in the UK

Abstract

Legislation outlawing discrimination on the grounds of age was introduced in the UK in October 2006 in a period when UK Government policy aims are to increase the economic activity rates of older people in response to demographic change. In this context recent research by the Working Lives Research Institute, which explores age as a factor defining the labour market experience of older women workers is particularly timely. The research explores the concept of age discrimination and, in particular, the interaction of age with gender, race and class. The research was funded under Objective 3 of the European Social Fund and was based upon qualitative and quantitative methods. First, 33 interviews with women over the age of 50, in three UK labour markets—London, Coventry and Oxford—were conducted. This sample aimed to capture variation in terms of class, ethnicity, educational background and level of engagement with the labour market. The in-depth...

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