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Disability and labor market outcomes : disability is associated with labor market disadvantage : recent evidence points to a causal relationship

Jones, Melanie - 2016

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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Disability and labor market performance

Collischon, Matthias; Hiesinger, Karolin; Pohlan, Laura - 2023

This paper analyzes the individual-level effects of disability onset on labor market outcomes using novel … impacts on employment and wages. One important mechanism is transitions to nonemployment after disability onset: newly … of disability onset are more pronounced for severely disabled, older and low-skilled individuals. …

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Why are there so few women in executive positions? : an analysis of gender differences in the life-cycle of executive employment

Frederiksen, Anders; Halliday, Timothy - 2015

"Glass ceilings" and "sticky floors" are typical explanations for the low representation of women in top executive positions, but a focus on gender differences in promotions provides only a partial explanation. We consider the life-cycle of executive employment, which allows for a full...

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Job spells in an emerging market : evidence from apartheid and post-apartheid South Africa

Hill, Robert; Lilenstein, Kezia; Thornton, Amy - 2020

Few studies exist on job duration in developing labour markets - an important omission both in our understanding of such markets and for the job duration literature, which is mainly based on developed-country case studies, which differ in structural ways. The main reason for this is likely data...

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Estimating the effects of the ADA Amendments Act on the hiring and termination of individuals with disabilities, using new disability categorizations

Button, Patrick; Armour, Philip; Hollands, Simon - 2023

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 … Participation (SIPP). We also use the SIPP to develop additional measures and categorizations of disability based on whether the …

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Investigating exploitation and productivity in explaining the disability wage penalty

Saloniki, Eirini-Christina - 2014

Work, 1996). In addition, legislation (Disability Discrimination Act, 1995) prohibits discrimination hence firms are not …

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The dynamic effect of disability on work and subjective wellbeing in Australia

Jones, Melanie; Mavromaras, Kostas G.; Sloane, Peter J.; … - 2015

Using longitudinal data from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey (2001-2013) we … examine the relationship between the dynamics of work-limiting disability and employment, hours of work, earnings and life … satisfaction. We employ two alternative classifications of the dynamic trajectories of disability and, in doing so, are able to …

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Do financial incentives for firms promote employment of disabled workers? : a regression discontinuity approach

Lalive, Rafael; Wuellrich, Jean-Philippe; Zweimüller, Josef - 2009

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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Do stronger employment discrimination protections decrease reliance on social security disability insurance? : evidence from the U.S. social security reforms

Button, Patrick; Khan, Mashfiqur R. - 2020

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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Trends and opportunities in research on disability and work : an interdisciplinary perspective

Jurado-Caraballo, M. Ángeles; Quintana García, Cristina; … - In: Business research quarterly : BRQ 25 (2022) 4, pp. 366-388

This study aims to analyze status, trends, and possible future research areas in the literature on "disability and work …. First, it contributes to knowledge advancement concerning disability in workplaces, opening new possibilities to discover …

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