A Closer Look at the Employment Impact of the Americans with Disabilities Act

A-Tier
Journal: Journal of Human Resources
Year: 2004
Volume: 39
Issue: 4

Score contribution per author:

4.022 = (α=2.01 / 1 authors) × 2.0x A-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

This paper replicates recent findings that employment among disabled people has declined since the ADA. A closer look indicates that this decline results from a drop in the labor force participation rate among those classified as disabled. Further analysis indicates that this labor force participation rate decline, however, was not the result of disabled individuals fleeing the labor market, but, rather, more likely a result of the reclassification of nondisabled, nonparticipants, as disabled. The unconditional employment probability among disabled people (taking selection into the labor market into account) has not declined, and may have actually improved for certain disability classifications.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:uwp:jhriss:v:39:y:2004:i:4:p887-911
Journal Field
Labor
Author Count
1
Added to Database
2026-02-02