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In this paper, we present both a theoretical and an empirical model in order to identify the effects of disability on wages. In the theoretical model we assume that the wage gap of a disabled worker depends on a permanent and a transitory productivity gap and the model predicts that the wage gap...
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indicates that this was not achieved by getting these individuals into employment. Moreover, a recent deterioration in the … financial incentives in the PSDA had a positive long-term impact on the employment of people with severe disabilities. …
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Canadian disability policy has come a long way in the past century. However, in contrast with the evidence that disability is not permanent for most, current disability support programs still carry the old static view of permanent disability. By employing a dynamic panel data model of labour...
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consequences on employment rates of disabled people. In contrast, the employment provision of the 1996 Disability Discrimination …, the DDA has had no impact on the employment rate of disabled people or possibly worsened it. Possible reasons for this are …
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indicate that substantial differences in both the likelihood of employment and levels of earnings exist, despite several years …? for disability is greater for women than for men. Using the Baldwin and Johnson (1992) methodology, we find the employment …
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During the 2001-8 period, the employment rate of people with a disability remained remarkably low in most western … long lasting positive effect on the employment participation and productivity of people with disabilities. …
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small firms. Based on data from the IAB Establishment Panel we find no clear-cut evidence that employment in establishments …
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This paper examines the pattern of employment adjustment in Portugal. First, the issue is addressed using a long time … series of aggregate data. Although the employment data show persistence, there is nonetheless a fairly rapid rate of … employment adjustment. Second, a much shorter time series of firm data is used to check the persistence detected at aggregate …
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level and employment is determined by labor demand. To compare models, we estimate an encompassing equation for net job …
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affect employment. Our strategy detects salient adjustments at the extensive margin for German MNEs. With every percentage …
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