Employment of People with Disabilities Following the ADA

• Published in: Industrial relations (Berkeley) Vol. 42; no. 1; pp. 31 - 66
• Main Authors: Kruse, Douglas, Schur, Lisa
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.01.2003; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Americans with Disabilities Act 1990-US; Case studies; Civil Rights; Disability; Discrimination; Employment; Employment Opportunities; Handicapped; Industrial relations; Labor Market; Legal aspects; Legislation; Measurement; People with disabilities; Statistical analysis; Studies; Trends; U.S.A; United States of America; Workers with disabilities; United States > US

Studies finding a negative effect of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) on the employment of people with disabilities have used the work disability measure, which has several potential problems in measuring employment trends. Using Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) data that p...