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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

compare WIA participants who do and do not receive training. In addition to the usual impacts on earnings and employment, we … to estimate impacts on the characteristics of the firms at which participants find employment. We find moderate positive … impacts on employment, earnings and desirable firm characteristics for adults, but not for dislocated workers. Our primary …

interventions are designed to lower spatial and informational barriers to employment. We find that both treatments significantly … employment outcomes, and the job application workshop alleviates informational asymmetries by helping workers to signal their …

are only observed for those who are employed, and employment status itself may be affected by the training program. This …

providing generous financial incentives for Income Assistance (IA) recipients to obtain stable employment. This policy is …

discrimination laws – raising the cost of employment because of the need to accommodate disabled workers. Moreover, disability …We explore the effects of disability discrimination laws on hiring of older workers. A concern with anti …-discrimination laws is that they may reduce hiring by raising the cost of terminations and – in the specific case of disability …