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Disability and work : the role of health shocks and childhood circumstances
Lindeboom, Maarten; Llena-Nozal, Ana; Klaauw, Bas van der - 2006
This paper focuses on the relation between the onset of disability and employment outcomes. We develop an event history … observed disability rates result from gradual deteriorations in health. We find no direct effect of health shocks on employment … the employment rate at age 40 with around 21 percentage points. Our results show that early childhood conditions are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011349212
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Using econometrics to understand inclusion of persons with disabilities in the workforce of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sehic, Ensar; Satrovic, Elma; Fijuljanin, Seid - In: Economic review : journal of economics & business 13 (2015) 2, pp. 52-61
&H). The aim of this multidisciplinary research is twofold: to investigate factors that may influence employment of persons … with disabilities, and to examine employers' perceptions of persons with disabilities in terms of potential employment. The … show that the size of organization, in terms of the number of employees, primarily influences the likelihood of employment …
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Chapter 18 The economics of disability and disability policy
Haveman, Robert; Wolfe, Barbara - In: Handbook of health economics : volume 1, part B, (pp. 995-1051). 2000
We discuss and critique the main lines of economic research that address the economic status and behavior of the working-age population of people with disabilities. We define this population as those with physical or mental limitations that impede their daily activities or their productivity on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014024187
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International Comparisons of Work Disability
Banks, James W.; Kapteyn, Arie; Smith, James P.; van … - 2021
Self-reported work disability is analyzed in the US, the UK and the Netherlands. Different wordings of the questions lead to different work disability rates. But even if identical questions are asked, cross-country differences remain substantial. Respondent evaluations of work limitations of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013319314
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Disabled people working in the disability sector : occupational segregation or personal fulfilment?
Revillard, Anne - In: Work, employment and society : a journal of the British … 36 (2022) 5, pp. 875-892
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Microfinance for People with Disabilities
Mersland, Roy - 2010
The aim of this chapter is, first, to provide the reader with basic knowledge about microfinance and how this is relevant for people with disabilities. Second, the chapter outlines the main mechanisms leading to exclusion from services and identifies strategies to improve the current situation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013137992
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Determinants of Labor Market Outcomes of Disabled Men Before and after the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
Choe, Chung - 2008
incorporated the probability of employment into the analysis or have not correctly decomposed the wage differences in light of … selectivity corrections. After estimating a two-stage model of the probability of employment followed by a wage equation for men … addition, I also perform a similar analysis to explain the differentials in employment rates between the non-disabled and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012722863
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The Distribution of Returns to Education for People with Disabilities
Henderson, Daniel J. - 2017
This note takes a first look at the distribution of returns to education for people with disabilities, a particularly disadvantaged group whose labor market performances have not been well studied or documented. Using a nonparametric approach, we uncover significant heterogeneity in the returns...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012957006
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Digital Quality of Life : Accessibility for People with Disabilities
Castro, Daniel - 2014
Almost 10 percent of the world's population - 650 million people - live with some type of disability. A disability is any physical, sensory, or cognitive impairment that makes daily activities more difficult. Many people are born with a disability. Others acquire a disability later in life, from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012708683
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The distribution of returns to education for people with disabilities
Henderson, Daniel J.; Houtenville, Andrew J.; Wang, Le - 2017
This note takes a first look at the distribution of returns to education for people with disabilities, a particularly disadvantaged group whose labor market performances have not been well studied or documented. Using a nonparametric approach, we uncover significant heterogeneity in the returns...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011647643