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The Effects of Vocational Rehabilitation for People with Physical Disabilities

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  • David Dean
  • Robert Schmidt
  • John Pepper
  • Steven Stern

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We evaluate the impact of vocational rehabilitation (VR) services on employment outcomes of adults with physical disabilities. Using detailed panel data from the Virginia Department of Aging and Rehabilitation Services in state fiscal year 2000, we estimate a structural model of participation that accounts for the potentially sudden onset of physical impairments and the endogenous selection of VR services. The results imply that VR services have large, positive long-run labor market effects that substantially exceed the cost of providing services.

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  • David Dean & Robert Schmidt & John Pepper & Steven Stern, 2018. "The Effects of Vocational Rehabilitation for People with Physical Disabilities," Journal of Human Capital, University of Chicago Press, vol. 12(1), pages 1-37.
  • Handle: RePEc:ucp:jhucap:doi:10.1086/696098
    DOI: 10.1086/696098
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    1. Michelle Yin & Garima Siwach & Dajun Lin, 2023. "Vocational Rehabilitation Services and Labor Market Outcomes for Transitionā€Age Youth with Disabilities in Maine," Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 42(1), pages 166-197, January.
    2. Dean, David & Pepper, John & Schmidt, Robert & Stern, Steven, 2019. "The effects of youth transition programs on labor market outcomes of youth with disabilities," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 68(C), pages 68-88.

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