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Browsing K. Lisa Yang and Hock E. Tan Institute on Employment and Disability Collection by Subject "policies"
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A Difficult Cycle: The effect of labor market changes on the employment and program participation of people with disabilities
(2005-10-01)This paper examines the dynamics behind the employment and program participation trends of workers with disabilities. We find strong evidence that labor market declines induce male workers with disabilities to exit employment ... -
A Guide to Disability Statistics from the National Health Interview Survey
(2005-10-01)The purpose of this paper is to examine the information on the population with disabilities in a nationally representative survey conducted by the National Center on Health Statistics called the National Health Interview ... -
A Review of Disability Data for the Institutional Population: Research Brief
(2006-05-01)Disability status for the non-institutional population in the United States has been substantially documented from national surveys such as the American Community Survey (ACS), the Current Population Survey (CPS), the ... -
A Review of Selected E-Recruiting Websites: Disability Accessibility Considerations
(2002-09-01)Ten job boards1 and 31 corporate E-recruiting websites were evaluated for accessibility for people with disabilities. The examination was performed using both an automated accessibility testing software (Bobby v3.2) and ... -
A Review of the Literature and Implications for People with Disabilities (E-Human Resources Literature Review)
(2001-12-01)To accomplish this overview, an extensive review of the literature on information technology applications to the employment process was conducted. Three human resources related uses of the Internet are explored in this ... -
A Selected Bibliography of Topics on Employment Practices
(1999-08-01)Cornell University is currently funded by the U.S. Department of Education National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research for a four-year Research and Demonstration entitled Improving Employment Practices ... -
Accessible IT for People with Disabilities: HR Considerations
(2003-03-01)Human resource (HR) representatives were interviewed regarding their organizations use of Web technology in HR processes and computer accessibility issues in the workplace. The survey addressed: the organizations use of ... -
Age and Disability Employment Discrimination: Management and Public Policy Implications (Abstract)
(2007-12-10)The aging workforce is likely to result in increasing numbers of workers with disabilities. Using EEOC Charge Data System data, we investigate the nature of employment discrimination charges dually-filed citing ADA and ... -
An Inventory of Disability Information for the Population Living in Institutions
(2006-03-01)The population living in institutions is excluded from most major national surveys. We evaluate the implications of this exclusion for disability statistics and research by compiling and examining existing disability ... -
Comparative Study of Workplace Policy and Practices Contributing to Disability Nondiscrimination
(2004-01-01)Objective: To assess the impact of disability nondiscrimination legislation on employer practices in the United States and the United Kingdom. Study Design: U.S. and U.K. human resource professionals were surveyed about ... -
Comparison of Employment Disability Discrimination Claims with Other Statutes Across U.S. Equal Opportunity Commission and Fair Employment Practice Agencies Nationally
(2007-12-10)Although 15 years have passed since the employment provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) became effective, significant employment disparities for persons with disabilities persist. It is important ... -
Did the Employment of People with Disabilities Decline in the 1990s, and was the ADA Responsible? A Replication and Robustness Check of Acemoglu and Angrist (2001) - Research Brief
(2004-08-01)The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) (P.L. 101-336) gives civil rights protections to persons with disabilities similar to those provided on the basis of race, color, sex, national origin, age, and religion. ... -
Disability Employment Policies and Practices in Private and Federal Sector Organizations
(2000-03-01)Approximately one in six people has a disability, yet people with disabilities are often greatly under or unemployed compared to their non-disabled peers. To address this disparity, both the US Department of Education ... -
Disability Employment Policies and Practices in U.S. Federal Government Agencies
(1999-11-01)A survey of U.S. Federal agencies was initiated by the Presidential Task Force on Employment of Adults with Disabilities, and 403 representatives of U.S. Federal agencies were surveyed to determine their response to the ... -
Disability Employment Policies and Practices in U.S. Federal Government Agencies: EEO/HR and Supervisor Perspectives
(2002-09-01)The Presidential Task Force on the Employment of Adults with Disabilities (PTFEAD) provided support to Cornell University to conduct research on the policy and practice efforts of federal agency personnel in recruiting and ... -
Disability in a Technology-Driven Workplace
(2003-10-01)New Internet and Web-based technology applications have meant significant cost and time efficiencies to many American businesses. However, many employers have not yet fully grasped the impact of these new information and ... -
Dismantling the Poverty Trap: Disability Policy for the 21st Century. Policy Brief
(2005-07-01)Working-age Americans with disabilities are much more likely to live in poverty than other Americans and generally did not share in the economic prosperity of the late 1990s. At the same time, public expenditures to support ... -
Dismantling the Poverty Trap: Disability Policy for the Twenty-First Century
(2006-07-01)Working-age people with disabilities are much more likely than people without disabilities to live in poverty and not be employed or have shared in the economic prosperity of the late 1990s. Today’s disability policies, ... -
Dynamic Modeling of the SSDI Application Timing Decision: The Importance of Policy Variables
(2003-01-01)This paper analyzes the importance of policy variables in the context of Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) application timing decision. Previously, we explicitly modeled the optimal timing of SSDI application ... -
Dynamic Programming Model Estimates of Social Security Disability Insurance Application Timing
(2004-01-01)This paper develops a dynamic programming model of the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) application timing decision. We estimate the time to application from the point at which a health condition first begins ...
