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Improving the employment rates of people with disabilities through vocational education
Mavromaras, Kostas G.; Polidano, Cain - 2011
long lasting positive effect on the employment participation and productivity of people with disabilities. …During the 2001-8 period, the employment rate of people with a disability remained remarkably low in most western …. Continuing health and productivity improvements in the general population are leaving people with disabilities behind, unable to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278628
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Improving the Employment Rates of People with Disabilities through Vocational Education
Mavromaras, Kostas G.; Polidano, Cain - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
long lasting positive effect on the employment participation and productivity of people with disabilities. …During the 2001-8 period, the employment rate of people with a disability remained remarkably low in most western …. Continuing health and productivity improvements in the general population are leaving people with disabilities behind, unable to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008854766
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Economic vs. Epidemiological Approaches to Measuring the Human Capital Impacts of Infectious Disease Elimination
Chuard, Caroline; Schwandt, Hannes; Becker, Alex; … - 2022
A rich economic literature has examined the human capital impacts of disease-eliminating health interventions, such as the rollout of new vaccines. This literature is based on reduced-form approaches which exploit proxies for disease burden, such as mortality, instead of actual infection counts,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013351959
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Natural Resources, Demand for Skills, and Schooling Choices
Bütikofer, Aline; Dalla-Zuanna, Antonio; Salvanes, Kjell G. - 2023
This paper studies the consequences of the buildup of a new economic sector—the Norwegian petroleum industry—on investment in human capital. We assess both short-term and long-term effects for a broad set of educational margins, by comparing individuals in regions exposed to the new sector...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014377189
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Physical Disability and Labor Market Discrimination: Evidence from a Field Experiment
Bellemare, Charles; Goussé, Marion; Lacroix, Guy; … - 2018
We investigate the determinants and extent of labor market discrimination toward people with physical disabilities …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011873465
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The Long-Run Impacts of Adolescent Drinking: Evidence from Zero Tolerance Laws
Abboud, Tatiana; Bellou, Andriana; Lewis, Joshua - 2019
This paper provides the first long-run assessment of adolescent binge drinking on later- life health and labor market outcomes. Our analysis exploits cross-state variation in the rollout of "Zero Tolerance" (ZT) Laws, which set strict alcohol limits for drivers under age 21 and led to sharp...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012180026
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Video Resumes and Job Search Outcomes: Evidence from a Field Experiment
Bellemare, Charles; Goussé, Marion; Lacroix, Guy; … - 2020
also evaluate the service for individuals with acute visible disabilities (wheelchair users). Although our results support …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012322455
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The Impacts of Vocational Rehabilitation
Markussen, Simen; Røed, Knut - 2014
training or sheltered employment. Strategies prioritizing subsidized regular education also tend to be relatively successful in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010333310
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Does Activating Sick-Listed Workers Work? Evidence from a Randomized Experiment
Rehwald, Kai; Rosholm, Michael; Rouland, Benedicte - 2016
that the use of partial sick leave increases the length of time spent in regular employment and non-reliance on benefits …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011479289
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Long-Term Effects of Individual Placement and Support Services for Disability Benefits Recipients with Severe Mental Illnesses
De Graaf-Zijl, Marloes; Spijkerman, Marcel; Zwinkels, Wim - 2020
disability benefit recipients with severe mental disabilities. IPS is a specific intervention that first aims to place an … individual in employment and subsequently trains the worker on the job. We compare the outcomes for IPS-recipients to a control … from six months after the start of the treatment onwards employment probabilities of IPS participants significantly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012322571