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Assessing Post-Ada Employment: Some Econometric Evidence And Policy Considerationsjels, John J. Donohue
Assessing Post-Ada Employment: Some Econometric Evidence And Policy Considerationsjels, John J. Donohue
John Donohue
This article explores the relationship between the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the relative labor market outcomes for people with disabilities. Using individual-level longitudinal data from 1981 to 1996 derived from the previously unexploited Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID), we examine the possible effect of the ADA on (1) annual weeks worked; (2) annual earnings; and (3) hourly wages for a sample of 7,120 unique male household heads between the ages of 21 and 65, as well as for a subset of 1,437 individuals appearing every year from 1981 to 1996. Our analysis of the larger sample suggests …