Author(s)

Kai Wu^1,2, Chulv Sun³

¹School of Economic and Management, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, China.
²College of Management and Economics, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China.
³Boustead College, Tianjin University of Commerce, Tianjin, China.

Under the background of population aging, with the increase of age, the employment rate of workers gradually decreases. Age discrimination against middle-aged and elderly people in enterprises is an important factor. Based on the age requirement in recruitment advertisements, this paper proposes a calculation model for the average age interval to verify the age discrimination in China’s labor market. The result shows that the complexity of jobs only affects the lower age limit, and the difference between the upper age limit is very little and tends to convergence, which shortens the effective job-hunting period of high-end talents. The research methods and conclusions have certain theoretical significance for Social Sciences & Humanities, especially for age discrimination theory. Based on the conclusion, it puts forward some suggestions to alleviate age discrimination.

Discrimination, Age Limit, Recruitment, the Average Age Interval

Wu, K. and Sun, C.L. (2021) Research on Age Discrimination against Job Seekers Based on Recruitment Advertisements. Open Access Library Journal, 8, 1-11. doi: 10.4236/oalib.1107961.