This report from Generation and the OECD reveals that across countries, employment rises and peaks around age 45 and then declines sharply after age 50, with this trend being more accentuated for women. The research identifies an "age-performance paradox" -the gap between negative biases about the performance of older workers and their actual performance.
The report sets out 13 recommendations for employers, including targeted interventions aimed at making training more engaging for workers around the critical midcareer moment of age 45 or older. Moreover, it suggests altering recruitment processes to remove the pervasive biases that currently exist against older job candidates.
