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

• Published in: Journal of economic issues Vol. 36; no. 2; pp. 339 - 347
• Main Author: Schur, Lisa
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• 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; Studies; United States

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...