The quotas law for people with disabilities in Brazil: is it a guarantee of employment?

This study aims to evaluate the effects and effectiveness of establishing legal employment quotas for people with disabilities (PwD) in Brazil for the years of 2007 and 2016. By estimating Regression Discontinuity Design (RDD) models, we verify that, in 2007, the Law of Quotas did not affect the emp...

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Published inInternational review of applied economics Vol. 36; no. 4; pp. 496 - 525
Main Authors de Araújo, Ana Cléssia Pereira Lima, Sampaio, Maria Analice D. Santos, Costa, Edward Martins, Khan, Ahmad Saeed, Irffi, Guilherme, Costa, Rayssa Alexandre
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York Routledge 04.07.2022
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
Brazil
Disability studies
Discontinuity
Employment
Law
People with disabilities
Quotas
regression discontinuity design
Workers
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Summary:This study aims to evaluate the effects and effectiveness of establishing legal employment quotas for people with disabilities (PwD) in Brazil for the years of 2007 and 2016. By estimating Regression Discontinuity Design (RDD) models, we verify that, in 2007, the Law of Quotas did not affect the employment of people with disabilities. However, in 2016, the effects are positive for firms that employ 100 to 500 workers. Regarding the effectiveness of the law, in 2016, the increase in the number of employed workers with disabilities is approximate to the required quota for firms with 100 to 200 employees.
ISSN:0269-2171
1465-3486
DOI:10.1080/02692171.2021.1962257