Employment of People with Disabilities Following the ADA

Kruse, Douglas; Schur, Lisa

doi:10.1111/1468-232x.00275

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“…In Sutton v. United Air Lines, Inc., 527 U.S. 471 (1999), the U.S. Supreme Court addressed the definitional problems under the ADA, citing a report prepared prior to the enactment of the federal law that noted, ''estimates of the number of disabled Americans ranged from an overinclusive 160 million under a 'health conditions approach,' which looked at all conditions that impair the health or normal functional abilities of an individual, to an underinclusive 22.7 million under a 'work disability approach,' which focuses on individuals' reported ability to work.' ' Kruse and Schur [2003] used 14 different definitions of disability in their study of the labor market, and found that, between 1990 and 1994, the employment rates declined for persons who reported work disabilities, but improved among persons who reported ADL limitations who did not report a work disability.…”

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The lack of correspondence between work‐related disability and receipt of workers' compensation benefits

Spieler

Burton

2012

American J Industrial Med

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Background Previous studies suggest that many persons with disabilities caused by work do not receive workers' compensation benefits. Methods Data from surveys of persons with disabilities were used to estimate the proportion of disability due to work-related injuries and diseases. Studies examining the proportion of workers with work-related disability who received workers' compensation benefits were reviewed. Legal and other factors explaining the lack of receipt of workers' compensation benefits were examined. Results Many workers with disabilities caused by work do not receive workers' compensation benefits. The obstacles to compensation include increasingly restrictive rules for compensability in many state workers' compensation programs. Conclusions A substantial proportion of persons with work-related disabilities do not receive workers' compensation benefits. The solutions to this problem, such as providing healthcare to workers regardless of the source of injuries or diseases, are complicated and controversial, and will be difficult to implement.

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The lack of correspondence between work‐related disability and receipt of workers' compensation benefits

Spieler

Burton

2012

American J Industrial Med

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“…There exists a notable body of literature estimating the wage/salary gap between employees with disabilities and their nondisabled peers (Acemoglu & Angrist, 2001;Baldwin & Johnson, 1992DeLeire, 2001;Haveman & Wolfe, 1990;Hendricks, SchiroGeist, & Broadbent, 1997;Kruse & Schur, 2003). 2 The main focus of these studies is to estimate the part of the wage gap that is attributable to productivity differences, with the remainder potentially attributed to discrimination.…”

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Estimating Pay Gaps for Workers With Disabilities: Implications From Broadening Definitions and Data Sets

Hallock

Jin

Barrington

2014

Rehabilitation Research Policy and Education

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Purpose: To compare pay gap estimates across 3 different national survey data sets for people with disabilities relative to those without disabilities when pay is measured as wage and salary alone versus a (total compensation) definition that includes an estimate of the value of benefits. Method:Estimates of the cost to the employers of employee benefits at the occupational level from an employer survey data set are matched to individual-level data in each of the 3 data sets. Multiple regression techniques are applied to estimate wage and salary and total compensation gaps between full-time men with and without disabilities. Results:For full-time working men with disabilities (relative to those without disabilities), there is a consistently larger percentage wage and salary gap than percentage total compensation gap and breadth of the definition of pay affects the size of any estimated pay gap. In addition, there are differences in the estimated pay gaps depending on data source and disability measure. Conclusions:Results obtained from a single data set or definition of key variables may not be broadly generalizable. Studies containing such limitations should be interpreted cautiously. Our research further suggests employers looking to hire persons with disabilities or those offering employment placement services should put substantial weight on the non-base pay component of the total compensation package. Method:Estimates of the cost to the employers of employee benefits at the occupational level from an employer survey data set are matched to individual-level data in each of the 3 data sets.Multiple regression techniques are applied to estimate wage and salary and total compensation gaps between full-time men with and without disabilities. Results:For full-time working men with disabilities (relative to those without disabilities), there is a consistently larger percentage wage and salary gap than percentage total compensation gap and breadth of the definition of pay affects the size of any estimated pay gap. In addition, there are differences in the estimated pay gaps depending on data source and disability measure. Conclusions:Results obtained from a single data set or definition of key variables may not be broadly generalizable. Studies containing such limitations should be interpreted cautiously. Our research further suggests employers looking to hire persons with disabilities or those offering employment placement services should put substantial weight on the non-base pay component of the total compensation package. Estimating Pay Gaps 3Pay in the form of wage or salary earnings accounts for just less than 70% of the total hourly compensation costs of the average American worker.1 Despite this, most academic studies of pay gaps among different demographic groups do not consider pay beyond that received in wages or salaries. In addition, common among empirical academic studies is to conduct pay gap analysis using only one data source and frequently only one definition of key variables such as inc...

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“…The low rate of employment among disabled employees and the wage gap between workers in good health and workers having any form of impairment made the literature to focus on the impact of disability on work participation, type of employment and earnings (for the UK see: Bardasi et al (2000); Blackaby et al (1999); Kidd et al (2000); Jenkins and Rigg (2003); Madden (2004), while for the US see: Acemoglu and Angrist (2001); Baldwin and Johnson (1994; Haveman et al (1991); Kruse and Schur (2003)) In general, all these pieces of work conclude that disability has a negative effect both on employment and on wages. Pelkowski and Berger (2004) find that temporary health problems have no significant effects on earnings.…”

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confidence: 99%