Full and effective participation in society by people with disabilities implies the obligation to provide them with specific protection. EU Directive 2003/9 specifies that national legislation must take into account the specific situation of vulnerable people, such as those with disabilities,...

This study examined the impact of disability on the quality of life of disabled people in urban Bangladesh. A group of students of Department of Statistics, University of Dhaka conducted a survey in Dhaka city to collect socio-economic information for identification of disabled people....

Objectives: To present an explanatory framework for depression in older adulthood in a small-scale society. We propose that depression is a consequence of functional disability, which can reduce subsistence productivity, and resource transfers within and across generations. Social conflict can...

Diese Studie untersucht mit Hilfe eines neu verfügbaren Datensatzes aus Prozessdaten der Bundesagentur für Arbeit, der Stichprobe der integrierten Erwerbsbiographien, die Wirkung einer verpflichtenden Beschäftigungsquote für schwerbehinderte Arbeitnehmer in Deutschland. Wir nutzen die...

This paper examines the impact of self-reported work limitation on the labour force participation of the Australian working age population. Five consecutive waves of the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey are used to investigate this relationship. A two-equation...

Temporary help services (THS) firms are increasing their hiring of disadvantaged individuals and claiming more subsidies for doing so. Do these subsidies-the Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) and Welfare-to-Work Tax Credit (WtW)-create incentives that improve employment outcomes for THS...

Temporary help services (THS) firms are increasing their hiring of disadvantaged individuals and claiming more subsidies for doing so. Do these subsidies - the Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) and Welfare-to-Work Tax Credit (WtW) - create incentives that improve employment outcomes for THS...

People with disabilities often require substantial medical services and supports to lead fulfilling lives. Health care expenditures for working-age people with disabilities are almost four times the expenditures of their counterparts without disabilities, about $8,300 per year in 2003, compared...

This chapter, which will appear in a festschrift celebrating the life and work of Professor Vernon Briggs, explains why the debate over the economics of workplace accommodations mandated by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) has been misdirected. The ADA, and its accommodation mandate in...

In this work we study older workers' (50 64) labor force transitions after a health/disability shock. We find that the probability of keeping working decreases with both age and severity of the shock. Moreover, we find strong interactions between age and severity in the 50 64 age range and none...