The Labor Market Effects of Disability Discrimination Laws
利用美国《残疾人法案》通过前各州反歧视措施带来的差异，发现残疾歧视法降低了残疾人的相对收入，对就业率影响不大。
Abstract We present new evidence on the effects of disability discrimination laws based on variation induced by state-level antidiscrimination measures passed prior to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The evidence expands upon other research that focuses solely on the impact of the ADA by using a “quasi-experimental” framework that generates treatment and comparison groups. We find that disability discrimination laws are associated with lower relative earnings of the disabled, with slightly lower disabled relative labor force participation rates, but are not associated with lower relative employment rates for the disabled once we control for preexisting employment trends among the disabled.