This working paper presents new state-level statistics on the outcomes for a cohort of transition-age youth with disabilities who applied for vocational rehabilitation (VR) services from 2004 through 2006. Across states, the percentage of transition-age youth applying for VR services ranged from...

The study examines the extent to which states' transition-age youth with disabilities apply for vocational rehabilitation (VR) services, receive services, and are employed at case closure. The percentage of a state's transition-age youth population who applied for VR services ranged from 4 to 14...

The services and supports available to youth with disabilities change substantially as these youth move out of high school, and often youth must navigate a fragmented system of supports. This study provides quantitative evidence on the employment, education, and service receipt outcomes of...

This study uses data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth to examine how employment and degree completion outcomes for young adults vary by the timing of disability onset during childhood and adolescence. The authors find people with disabilities whose conditions persist into adulthood...

This study uses data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth to examine how employment and degree completion outcomes for young adults vary by the timing of disability onset during childhood and adolescence. The authors find people with disabilities whose conditions persist into adulthood...

Despite increased prevalence among youth with disabilities, parenthood and crime did not appear to affect education or employment outcomes any more than these factors affected the outcomes of youth without disabilities.

The Great Recession has been hard on recent college graduates, but it has been even harder for black recent college graduates. This report examines the labor-market outcomes of black recent college graduates using the general approach developed by Federal Reserve Bank of New York researchers...

A significant increase of concentration in the UK salmon retail subsector has heightened concerns about retail firms’ ability to exercise market power in the purchase of supplies (oligopsony power). To assess the extent to which retail firms have exercised oligopsony power, we develop a...

En el presente trabajo se analizan los efectos que sobre la distribución del ingreso tiene el proceso de crecimiento económico como consecuencia del avance tecnológico y la acumulación de capital humano. A partir de los antecedentes teóricos y empíricos, hechos estilizados, y un modelo de...