The Difference a Job Makes: The Effects of Employment among People with Disabilities

While employment can have a variety of benefits for all individuals, it may play an especially positive role for members of minority groups who have been socially marginalized and often denied access to jobs. People with disabilities have especially low employment rates, partly reflecting a history...

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Published inJournal of economic issues Vol. 36; no. 2; pp. 339 - 347
Main Author Schur, Lisa
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Lincoln Routledge 01.06.2002
Association for Evolutionary Economics
Subjects
Ableism
Activity limitations
Civics
Disabilities
Disabled persons
Economic theory
Economics
Employment
Employment discrimination
Employment rates
Handicapped people
Poverty
Social aspects
Social conditions & trends
Social isolation
Social policy
Social psychology
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United States
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Summary:While employment can have a variety of benefits for all individuals, it may play an especially positive role for members of minority groups who have been socially marginalized and often denied access to jobs. People with disabilities have especially low employment rates, partly reflecting a history of social exclusion and discrimination. This paper provides new evidence on the effects of employment for people with and without disabilities. Comparisons are made not only on economic measures but also on a variety of social, psychological, and political measures in order to gain a more complete picture of the particular value that employment can have for people with disabilities and of the importance of policies to increase their job opportunities.
ISSN:0021-3624
1946-326X
DOI:10.1080/00213624.2002.11506476