The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) broadly prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in …

. Evidence examining whether age discrimination is a barrier for seniors as they try to increase their work lives through the … common practice of “bridge” jobs is also presented. After discussing the evidence that measures age discrimination, economics … and legal research that seeks to determine to what extent the federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act and state …

This paper reviews some recent empirical analyses of the impact of affirmative action and anti-discrimination law on … seems more compatible with an earnings redistribution rather than an anti-discrimination program. 4)While many of the …

Disability (LTD) policies using a database of approximately 10,000 policies and 1 million workers from a major LTD insurer. We … document that LTD claims rates are much lower than claims rates on the public analogue to LTD, the Social Security Disability …

The Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) requires employers to accommodate disabled workers and outlaws discrimination … more ADA-related discrimination charges. Estimates of effects on hiring and firing suggest the ADA reduced hiring of the …

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 …

prevalence and costs associated with disability, understanding these pathways is critical to developing interventions to prevent … or minimize disability. We compare two estimates of disabling conditions: those observed in medical claims and conditions … indicated by the disabled individual. A small number of conditions explain about half of incident disability: arthritis …

studies show age discrimination also plays a factor, especially for women. The paper concludes with suggestions for future …