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Age, Obsolescence and Unemployment, Older Men in the British Industrial System, 1920–1939: A Research Note

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 November 2008

Stuart M. Riddle
Stuart M. Riddle
Affiliation:
Research student, Darwin College, University of Cambridge, England.
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Abstract

The position of the older person in society as well as in the workforce is receiving an increasing amount of attention at the present time. However there is very little historical knowledge as to the forces which shaped the withdrawal of older persons from gainful economic activity earlier this century. The research outlined below explores some of the precedents which shaped contemporary attitudes towards older workers in general, and the relationship between age and unemployment in particular — during a period of low labour demand.

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Research Article
Information
Ageing & Society , Volume 4 , Issue 4 , December 1984 , pp. 517 - 524
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1984

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NOTES

1 All the British evidence, at least since the 18905, demonstrates that this has been permanently the case, and is so today.

2 Royal Commission on the Law, Poor and Relief of Distress, vol. LIII, 1910, Appendix III.Google Scholar

3 Beveridge, William, An Analysis of Unemployment II, Economica, 02 1937, p. 13.Google Scholar

4 Results of the investigations were published in Part V of the Appendices to the Minutes of Evidence of the Royal Commission on Unemployment Insurance (December 1930) and the Ministry of Labour Gazette, September and October 1932 (December 1932).

5 Royal Commission on Unemployment Insurance Part II, p. 76.

6 Neville Chamberlain, 9 July 1924, P.R.O. PIN 1/4.