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Title: The Labor Force Outcomes of Mothers with Disabilities

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Publication Year: 2019

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Abstract: Labor force participation among those with disabilities is important to establish independence and promote recovery. However, we know very little about the patterns and trends of labor force participation of women with disabilities, and particularly of mothers with disabilities. In this study, I use two publicly available secondary data sets-the Current Population Survey (CPS) and the National Survey of Beneficiaries (NSB)-to provide insight on how motherhood is associated to labor force outcomes for women with disabilities; whether the associations between motherhood and work vary by SSI and SSDI receipt; and finally whether/how trends in the labor force participation of women/mothers with disability changed over the last three decades (1988-2013). Results suggest that although women with disabilities are selected from disadvantaged socioeconomic groups, mothers with disabilities tend to present better labor force outcomes than non-mothers with disabilities, even net of controls. Whereas motherhood is associated with decreased labor force participation for women without disabilities, it is associated with increased labor force participation for women with disabilities. Motherhood seems to be particularly positively associated with labor force participation for SSDI recipients; however, these same recipients are less likely to be employed (conditional on being in the labor force) and earn less (conditional on being employed) when they are mothers.

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Authors: Amorim, Mariana

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Data Collections: IPUMS CPS

Topics: Labor Force and Occupational Structure

Countries: United States