Abstract
Ideally, this symposium marking the three-decade anniversary of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) would present an opportunity to assess how well the ADEA has achieved its plausible goals. However, I recognize that any definitive assessment of the success of a statute like the ADEA, which requires the modification of the behavior of social actors, must depend on the kind of sophisticated empirical study for which I have neither the time, resources or capability. I also recognize that defending my identification of the goals of the ADEA might itself require an entire essay.
Recommended Citation
Michael C. Harper,
ADEA Doctrinal Impediments to the Fulfillment of the Wirtz Report Agenda,
31
U. Rich. L. Rev.
757
(1997).
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