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against the disabled in hiring, firing, and pay. Although the ADA was meant to increase employment of the disabled, it also … employment of disabled men of all working ages and disabled women under age 40. The effects appear to be larger in medium size … little evidence of an impact on the nondisabled, suggesting that the adverse employment consequences of the ADA have been …
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explained by the growth of the Social Security Disability program. By 1975, 6.22% of the prime-age non-white men and 3.57% of … the white men were Social Security Disability beneficiaries. Despite the medical screening of applicants, I find in cross … Security Disability beneficiaries …
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Disability benefit recipients in the United States have nearly doubled in the past two decades, growing substantially … cannot currently claim benefits. Using NHIS microdata, we estimate models of disability as a function of medical conditions … for both the legal and undocumented populations. The relationship between health and disability is far stronger for those …
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Social Security Disability Insurance and Supplemental Security Income, the United States' two primary disability income … in public health insurance availability, such as the ACA's Medicaid expansions, may impact disability program … participation and employment of people with disabilities. However, prior research has yielded mixed results as to the impact of …
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While time out of work normally decreases subsequent employment, Social Security Disability Insurance (DI) may improve …. A similar relationship between time on DI and the employment response is found among those whose primary disability was … the health of disabled individuals and increase their ability to work. In this paper, I examine the employment of …
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childhood, which account for the bulk and increasing share of child disability cases in the U.S., on a set of salient adult … cognitive test scores and high behavior problem scores in childhood on receipt of disability benefits, educational attainment …, employment, wages, and access to transportation and credit in adulthood, using household fixed effects models to control for …
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This paper examines the impact of state merit-aid programs on the labor market attachment of high school-aged youths. The labor force participation rate of teenagers has fallen substantially in recent decades, coinciding with the introduction of merit-aid programs. These programs reduce the...
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mandating higher wages, subsidizing employment, or increasing productivity. The evidence indicates that the minimum wage is an … ineffective policy to promote economic self-sufficiency, entailing employment losses without any corresponding distributional …, in particular the EITC, appear effective, as a more generous EITC boosts employment of single mothers and in so doing …
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are only observed for those who are employed, and employment status itself may be affected by the training program. This …
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providing generous financial incentives for Income Assistance (IA) recipients to obtain stable employment. This policy is …
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