Older women in Poland being the most discriminated against
Employers in Poland are twice as likely to contact young people than older people starting in recruitment processes. The disproportion is even greater when we also take into account gender and where the recruitment takes place. These are the results of a field experiment carried out by the public think tank Polish Economic Institute (PIE). Based on the Institute's research, a report was published entitled "Ageism in Poland". The phenomenon of age discrimination may occur, for example, in the labor market.
The experiment showed significant differences in the rate of positive responses to applications (i.e. callback rate).
'Younger applicants were much more frequently invited to the next stage of recruitment. These results are in line with the literature and research carried out in other countries,' PIE researchers concluded.
But ageism also appears to be linked to gender discrimination, the report said. The combined effects of these two harmful social phenomena make the position of older women in the Polish labor market extremely difficult, as said its authors.
