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We study the impact of employment quota on firms' demand for disabled workers. The Austrian Disabled Persons Employment Act (DPEA) requires firms to provide at least one job to a disabled worker per 25 non-disabled workers, a rule which is strictly enforced by non-compliance taxation. We find...
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In Europe, about one in eight people of working age report having a disability; that is, the presence of a long … discrimination and facilitate retention of and entry into work, disability is associated with substantial and enduring employment … social and economic costs of disability disadvantage. …
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consequences on employment rates of disabled people. In contrast, the employment provision of the 1996 Disability Discrimination …
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depending on the nature of the disability, the disabled person's gender and the social context. Our aim was to investigate … variation in attitudes to disability depending on these factors. A nationally representative sample of 2,000 adults read a …-institutionalisation, relationships and welfare payments. Vignettes varied by presence and type of disability and the protagonist's gender. Some vignettes …
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penalties for retiring before the FRA. This cut to retirement benefits caused spillover effects on Social Security Disability … Insurance (SSDI) applications and receipt by making SSDI relatively more generous. We explore if stronger disability and age … disability, where only a medically diagnosed condition is required to be covered under state law, significantly reduces SSDI …
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In Europe, about one in eight people of working age report having a disability; that is, a long-term limiting health … facilitate retention of and entry into work, disability is associated with substantial and enduring labor market disadvantage in … reduce the extent, and social and economic costs, of disability-related disadvantage. …
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We evaluate the effectiveness of wage subsidies as a policy instrument to integrate disabled individuals into the labour market. To identify causal effects, we conduct a large-scale field experiment in Belgium. Our results show that the likelihood of a disabled candidate receiving a positive...
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Using the UK Labour Force Survey, we study wage gaps for disabled men after the introduction of the Disability …
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We study the impact of employment quota on firms' demand for disabled workers. The Austrian Disabled Persons Employment Act (DPEA) requires firms to provide at least one job to a disabled worker per 25 non-disabled workers, a rule which is strictly enforced by non-compliance taxation. We find...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011343928