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| Title: | | The Disability Discrimination Act in the UK : Helping or Hindering Employment Amongst the Disabled?  |
| Authors: | | Bell, David N.F. Heitmüller, Axel |
| Issue Date: | | 2005 |
| Series/Report no.: | | IZA Discussion paper series 1476 |
| Abstract: | | The enactment of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in 1990 triggered a substantial academic debate about its consequences on employment rates of disabled people. In contrast, the employment provision of the 1996 Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) in Britain has received little attention. This paper provides robust evidence that, similar to the ADA in the US, the DDA has had no impact on the employment rate of disabled people or possibly worsened it. Possible reasons for this are low take-up of financial support, low levels of general awareness about the Act among disabled people and employers, and limited knowledge about the true costs of required adjustments. |
| Subjects: | | disability employment difference-in-difference discrimination |
| JEL: | | I18 J2 J78 J71 |
| Document Type: | | Working Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | IZA Discussion Papers, Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA)
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