Once again, that explosion of unconscious bias against women when they turn 40, excluding them from promotions, pay rises and wherever possible paying them less for the same job. I do not know anyone can work that out unconsciously when people struggle to get people’s ages right within a decade these days even when they know the person for many months. That is before you introduce the difficulty of judging ages across racial groups. At a minimum, the beauty premium in the labour market, that is the premium for looking younger for women must be enormous.

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