RESEARCH ON THE ECONOMICS OF AGING & AGE DISCRIMINATION

这项建议寻求支持，以完成许多研究， 关于年龄歧视经济学的项目， 老龄化和年龄歧视经济学的发展， 发展一个全面的，长期的经济研究计划， 年龄歧视。 研究项目的重点是《就业年龄歧视法》 该法案禁止年龄歧视和强制退休。 的 ADEA在理论上受到批评，因为它减少了 工人之间签订长期激励合同的机会， 事务所 因此，这项研究提出的一个问题是， ADEA实际上已经产生了这种效果。 此外，理论上 ADEA的评估取决于年龄-收入模型 profile. 因此，一些项目测试的替代模式， 提出了年龄-收入曲线。 最后， 现有的研究记录了证据，甚至证据表明 歧视老年人。 因此，一些 建议项目收集证据和测试假设， 年龄歧视的存在、形式及其对妇女的影响 老工人。 该计划的目标不仅是完成这些研究 项目，但也制定了全面的研究议程， 年龄歧视的经济学。 为了促进这一点，正式和非正式 建议进行培训。 正式培训包括以下课程： 就业歧视法。 非正式培训包括 老年经济学专家导师的参与， 健康和退休调查，并参加会议 和研讨会通过国家经济研究局的老龄化计划，和大学 密歇根州人口研究中心。 研究、培训和开发将在 国家经济研究局老龄化计划的赞助。 国家经济研究局参与了 该计划将促进与其他研究人员的互动，合作 研究、传播和出版成果。

This proposal seeks support for the completion of numerous research projects on the economics of age discrimination, for training and development in the economics of aging and age discrimination, and for the development of a full-scale, long-term research program in the economics of age discrimination. The research projects focus on the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), which prohibits age discrimination and mandatory retirement. The ADEA has been criticized, on theoretical grounds, for reducing opportunities for long-term incentive contracts between workers and firms. One question the proposed research addresses, then, is whether the ADEA has in fact had this effect. In addition, theoretical assessments of the ADEA hinge on the model underlying the age-earnings profile. Thus, a number of projects testing alternative models of the age-earnings profile are proposed. Finally, there is relatively little existing research documenting evidence of, or even evidence consistent with, discrimination against older workers. Consequently, some of the proposed projects assembly evidence and test hypotheses regarding the existence of age discrimination, the forms it takes, and its effects on older workers. The goal of the proposed program is not only to complete these research projects, but also to develop a full-scale research agenda in the economics of age discrimination. To facilitate this, formal and informal training is proposed. The formal training consists of course work in employment discrimination law. The informal training consists of involvement of mentors who are experts in the economics of aging, work with the Health and Retirement Survey, and participation in conferences and seminars through the NBER's Aging Program, and the University of Michigan Population Studies Center. The research, training, and development will be carried out under the auspices of the NBER's Aging Program. The involvement of the NBER in the program will facilitate interaction with other researchers, collaborative research, and dissemination and publication of the results.