This study investigates the employment and wage disparities between people with and without disabilities. It shows that individuals with disabilities are less likely to participate in the labour market, and that when they do, they face higher unemployment rates, are more likely to be...

In March 2021, the European Commission adopted an EU strategy for the rights of persons with disabilities for the period of 2021-2030. Including an external dimension, the strategy aims to improve the lives of persons with disabilities in Europe and around the world. The strategy explicitly...

In March 2021, the European Commission adopted an EU strategy for the rights of persons with disabilities for the period of 2021-2030. Including an external dimension, the strategy aims to improve the lives of persons with disabilities in Europe and around the world. The strategy explicitly...

This study, commissioned by the European Parliament's Policy Department for Citizens' Rights and Constitutional Affairs at the request of the PETI Committee, discusses the impact of the ongoing cost-of-living and energy crises on the standard of living for persons with disabilities. Based on...

This study, commissioned by the European Parliament's Policy Department for Citizens' Rights and Constitutional Affairs at the request of the PETI Committee, discusses the impact of the ongoing cost-of-living and energy crises on the standard of living for persons with disabilities. Based on...

The format of this report was established for the 2021 Semester, as part of the work programme of the Commission's European Disability Expertise (EDE) network and building on previous work by the Academic Network of European Disability experts (ANED) project. This updated report provides a...

We study the effects of a new 1% employment quota enacted in Chile in 2018 using anonymized administrative data on monthly employer-employee linkages and disability certification records. Our firm-level difference-in-difference results show a 15-20% increase in the number of people with...

This study investigates the employment and wage disparities between people with and without disabilities. It shows that individuals with disabilities are less likely to participate in the labour market, and that when they do, they face higher unemployment rates, are more likely to be...

Disability discrimination laws are often used to potentially increase employment for individuals with disabilities. However, legal theory and empirical economics research do not provide conclusive answers as to how expansions in disability discrimination laws affect economic outcomes, namely...

I study the effect of a quota for disabled workers on the labor market and on welfare. Using a task-based model, I show that the effect of a quota will depend on the productivity of disabled workers and their labor supply elasticity. I estimate the productivity of disabled workers using...

A disability is characterized by a malfunctioning, disturbance, or loss in the normal functioning of physical, mental, or psychological processes. The disability rights movement, influenced by political ideologies such as dignity, autonomy, and freedom of thought and expression, gained momentum...

We investigate the impact of the 2005 UK Disability Discrimination Act on the educational and employment outcomes of older children, using UK Labour Force Survey data. The Act outlined new legal requirements on employers and qualification awarding bodies to make provisions for people with...

Purpose This article aims to analyze the impact that the inclusion of students with disabilities has on the achievement of their schoolmates and to analyze the impact that this inclusion has on the achievement of the students with disabilities themselves. Design/methodology/approach The author...

This study, commissioned by the European Parliament's Policy Department for Citizens' Rights and Constitutional Affairs at the re-quest of the PETI Committee, discusses the impact of the ongoing cost-of-living and energy crises on the standard of living for per-sons with disabilities. Based on...

This is an easy-to-read version of our report. We have tried to make it accessible and easy to understand. We hope it will help people with intellectual disabilities and other people who have difficulty reading. This easy-to-read report explains what we check in this audit. It also tells people...

This is an easy-to-read version of our report. We have tried to make it accessible and easy to understand. We hope it will help people with intellectual disabilities and other people who have difficulty reading. This easy-to-read report explains what we check in this audit. It also tells people...