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Too Much Experience To Be Hired? Some Older Americans Face Age Bias

Americans may see themselves working past retirement age, but to do that, they may face obstacles getting hired. New research shows that can be harder when you're older.
Source: Complaint for age discrimination filed by Richard Villarreal against R.J. Reynolds

Most baby boomers say that they plan to keep working past conventional retirement age. But to do that, they have to get hired first. New research shows that can be harder when you're older.

was conducted by David Neumark and two other economists. He's a professor of economics at the University of California, Irvine. They sent out 40,000 resumes for thousands of real jobs. The resumes

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