List of Figures | vi | |
List of Tables | viii | |
Acknowledgment | xi | |
Preface | xiii | |
1 Introduction | 1 | |
Disability Legislation in the United States | 1 | |
Policy Issues | 3 | |
Focus and Strategy of Analyses | 5 | |
Disabled Americans | 12 | |
Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) | 15 | |
Notes | 18 | |
2 Employment | 21 | |
Unconditional and Joint Probabilities | 23 | |
Explaining the Decline in Labor Force Participation Rates | 27 | |
Pooled, Cross-Sectional Analysis | 30 | |
Evidence from the SIPP | 34 | |
Employment Probability and Firm Size | 37 | |
Conclusions | 43 | |
Notes | 44 | |
3 Compensation: Wages and Benefits | 49 | |
Wage Levels | 50 | |
Differences in Wages Over Time | 51 | |
Wage Decomposition | 61 | |
Benefit Analysis | 66 | |
Conclusions | 70 | |
Notes | 72 | |
4 Hours of Work, Distribution, and Representation | 75 | |
Hours of Work | 76 | |
Distribution of Workers | 90 | |
Representation of Workers | 95 | |
Conclusions | 99 | |
Notes | 101 | |
5 Separation, Unemployment, and Job Search | 105 | |
Separation | 106 | |
Unemployment | 111 |
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