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1 Introduction |
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Richard V. Burkhauser and David C. Stapleton |
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The Employment and Economic Well-Being of Working-Aged People with Disabilities |
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Is the Decline in Employment a Measurement Aberration? |
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Comparing Trends in the Employment of People with Disabilities Across Data Sets and Disability Population Definitions |
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Is the Overall Employment Rate of People with Disabilities the Appropriate Policy Success Measure? |
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Alternative Explanations of the Overall Decline in Employment Rates |
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2 A User's Guide to Current Statistics on the Employment of People with Disabilities |
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Richard V. Burkhauser, Andrew J. Houtenville, and David C. Wittenburg |
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26 | (2) |
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Conceptualizing Disability |
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28 | (6) |
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34 | (7) |
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Explaining the Differences in Employment Trends in Other Studies |
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Other Labor Market Success Measures |
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47 | (5) |
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52 | (2) |
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54 | (5) |
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59 | (26) |
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85 | (2) |
3 Employment Declines among People with Disabilities |
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Andrew J. Houtenville and Mary C. Daly |
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88 | (2) |
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Shifts in Population Composition |
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90 | (5) |
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Isolated Occurrence or Widespread Decline? |
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Decomposition of Employment Decline |
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Within-Group Changes in Health |
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108 | (2) |
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110 | (1) |
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111 | (2) |
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113 | (10) |
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4 Have Changes in the Nature of Work or the Labor Market Reduced Employment Prospects of Workers with Disabilities? |
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David C. Stapleton, Nanette Goodman, and Andrew J. Houtenville |
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The Static Aspects of Work |
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The Dynamic Aspects of Work |
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156 | (4) |
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160 | (1) |
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161 | (4) |
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165 | (10) |
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175 | (1) |
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5 Rising Health Care Expenditures and the Employment of People with High-Cost Chronic Conditions |
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Steven C. Hill, Gina A. Livermore, and Andrew J. Houtenville |
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183 | (5) |
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188 | (10) |
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198 | (10) |
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208 | (1) |
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209 | (2) |
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211 | (1) |
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212 | (5) |
6 Employment and the Changing Disability Population |
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Employment Measures for the Disability Population |
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219 | (5) |
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The Changing Size and Composition of the Disability Population |
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224 | (10) |
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Increased Prevalence of Chronic Conditions and Impairments |
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234 | (8) |
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What Risk Factors Might Have Led to These Increases? |
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242 | (11) |
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253 | (1) |
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254 | (1) |
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7 The Americans with Disabilities Act and the Employment of People with Disabilities |
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259 | (20) |
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260 | (3) |
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The A Priori Case Against the ADA |
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263 | (2) |
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Empirical Studies-the Weight of the Evidence Against the ADA |
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265 | (8) |
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273 | (2) |
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275 | (1) |
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275 | (4) |
8 Does the Definition Affect the Outcome? |
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279 | (22) |
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Douglas Kruse and Lisa Schur |
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Problems in Defining and Measuring Disability |
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282 | (9) |
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Estimates of Employment Patterns and Trends |
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291 | (4) |
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295 | (1) |
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296 | (2) |
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298 | (3) |
9 Is It Time to Declare the ADA a Failed Law? |
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Peter Blanck, Susan Schwochau, and Chen Song |
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Economic Models of Employment Discrimination |
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303 | (4) |
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307 | (7) |
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Does the ADA Exacerbate the Employment Problem? |
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314 | (14) |
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328 | (1) |
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329 | (3) |
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332 | (7) |
10 Social Security Disability Insurance and the Recent Decline in the Employment Rate of People with Disabilities |
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339 | (30) |
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Nanette Goodman and Timothy Waidmann |
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341 | (7) |
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348 | (14) |
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362 | (3) |
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365 | (2) |
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367 | (2) |
11 A Review of the Evidence and Its Implications for Policy Change |
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369 | (38) |
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Richard V. Burkhauser and David C. Stapleton |
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Did the Employment Rate Decline? |
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372 | (3) |
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Which Measure of the Employment Rate Should We Focus On? |
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375 | (2) |
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What Caused the Employment Rate Decline? |
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377 | (16) |
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393 | (10) |
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403 | (1) |
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404 | (3) |
The Authors |
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Index |
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413 | (18) |
About the Institute |
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