The Employment Opportunity Pilot Project (EOPP) was instituted to determine whether a program that provided job-search assistance and subsidized employment and training could succeed in increasing the employment and, hence, reducing the welfare dependence of adults in low-income families with...

This working paper estimated employment and offered wages of young adults with and without disabilities and found new evidence that employment and wage offer gaps between adults with and without disabilities emerge early and are especially large for those with severe or mental limitations. The...

The paper examines how unemployment among African American teenage males influences rates of family poverty. The authors suggest that, if the employment and earnings of young black males were similar to those of young white males, the poverty rate among black families would be substantially reduced.

This appendix reviews factors and questions employers can consider in employment decisions.

This chapter provides a theoretical context for categorizing the economic forces that determine recruiting and retention of disabled and nondisabled workers. The model makes three important points: (1) employers want to find the right workers and retain them as long as possible, since recruiting...