RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 The Labor Market Effects of Disability Discrimination Laws
JF Journal of Human Resources
JO J Hum Resour
FD University of Wisconsin Press
SP 806
OP 859
DO 10.3368/jhr.XXXVIII.4.806
VO XXXVIII
IS 4
A1 Beegle, Kathleen
A1 Stock, Wendy A.
YR 2003
UL http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/XXXVIII/4/806.abstract
AB We present new evidence on the effects of disability discrimination laws based on variation induced by state-level antidiscrimination measures passed prior to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The evidence expands upon other research that focuses solely on the impact of the ADA by using a “quasi-experimental” framework that generates treatment and comparison groups. We find that disability discrimination laws are associated with lower relative earnings of the disabled, with slightly lower disabled relative labor force participation rates, but are not associated with lower relative employment rates for the disabled once we control for preexisting employment trends among the disabled.