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Title: Individual Characteristics and the Disability Employment Gap

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2015

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Abstract: Although people with disabilities have poorer employment outcomes, on average, than do people without disabilities, some of them fare relatively well in the labor market. To learn more about the individual characteristics associated with positive employment outcomes among people with disabilities, we use data from the 20092011 American Community Survey to examine differences in employment outcomes by demographic and other individual characteristics in a multivariable framework. Controlling for all other individual characteristics, we find the employment gap between individuals with and without disabilities is smaller among those in their 20s and 60s relative to the middle aged, Asians relative to Whites, Hispanics relative to non-Hispanics, married individuals, individuals with higher levels of educational attainment, and women. Overall, results suggest that policies and practices designed to improve employment outcomes among people with disabilities should consider how individual characteristics interact with disability as challenges to or facilitators of employment success.

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Authors: Sevak, Purvi; Houtenville, Andrew J.; Brucker, Debra L.; O'Neill, John

Periodical (Full): Journal of Disability Policy Studies

Issue: 2

Volume: 26

Pages: 80-88

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Health, Other

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