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The effect of disability on labour market outcomes in Germany : evidence from matching

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dc.creator Lechner, Michael
dc.creator Vazquez-Alvarez, Rosalia
dc.date 2003
dc.date.accessioned 2013-10-16T07:09:20Z
dc.date.available 2013-10-16T07:09:20Z
dc.date.issued 2013-10-16
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10419/20203
dc.identifier ppn:377471151
dc.identifier.uri http://koha.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10419/20203
dc.description If labour market policies aimed at people with disabilities are effective, we should observe no significant difference in labour market outcomes between disable and non-disable individuals. This paper examines the impact of disability status on labour market outcomes using matching methods associated with treatment effect techniques for program evaluation. Such techniques are fairly robust with respect to model misspecification and account for the common support problem, thus improving the identification and estimation strategy. Using the German Socio Economic Panel (1984-2001) we estimate the impact of disability on labour market participation and different income measures. We find that those who are not disable experience higher employment rates and higher earnings relative to those who have become disable. This difference is almost always significant for all labour market outcomes considered.
dc.language eng
dc.publisher
dc.relation IZA Discussion paper series 967
dc.rights http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen
dc.subject I12
dc.subject C14
dc.subject J23
dc.subject I18
dc.subject C13
dc.subject ddc:330
dc.subject treatment effect
dc.subject evaluation of disability policies
dc.subject health status
dc.subject causality
dc.subject matching on the propensity score
dc.subject labour market outcomes
dc.subject Behinderte Arbeitskräfte
dc.subject Arbeitsmarktpolitik
dc.subject Wirtschaftspolitische Wirkungsanalyse
dc.subject Matching
dc.subject Schätzung
dc.subject Deutschland
dc.title The effect of disability on labour market outcomes in Germany : evidence from matching
dc.type doc-type:workingPaper


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