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Íñiguez-Berrozpe, Tatiana; Marcaletti, Francesco; Elboj-Saso, Carmen; Romero-Martin, Sandra – Studies in Continuing Education, 2023
Age can lead to stigmatisation, which is aggravated in groups that are already at risk of exclusion, such as women. This intersectional bias between age and gender (gendered ageism) affects so-called mature workers (aged 50 and over) in different ways, including the prejudices of employers and workers regarding their skills and competencies, as…
Descriptors: Older Adults, Gender Bias, Gender Discrimination, Age Discrimination
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Lukowski, Felix; Baum, Myriam; Mohr, Sabine – Studies in Continuing Education, 2021
In the context of technological change and the ongoing transformation of the labour market, this paper investigates firms' employer-provided continuing training provision for employees with different skill requirements. Following human capital theory, firms invest in training when expecting higher returns than costs. From a theoretical point of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Employees, Job Training, Job Skills