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Enabling Employment: How Do Employer Disability Practices Affect Disability Employment Outcomes?

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  • Lawrence Houston
  • Douglas Kruse

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We use panel data from 235 firms from 2019–2023 to examine how disability-related practices affect disability employment outcomes, using a detailed annual survey of large US companies in the National Organization on Disability, which collectively employ 8.5 million workers. The practices include recruitment and inclusion strategies, disability promotion initiatives, accommodation and accessibility policies, support for disability groups and mentoring, and training for management and HR staff. We find that several practice categories favorably predict disability hiring, promotions, and exits, supporting the idea that employer policies and practices can make a substantial difference in employment opportunities for people with disabilities.

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  • Lawrence Houston & Douglas Kruse, 2025. "Enabling Employment: How Do Employer Disability Practices Affect Disability Employment Outcomes?," AEA Papers and Proceedings, American Economic Association, vol. 115, pages 536-542, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:aea:apandp:v:115:y:2025:p:536-42
    DOI: 10.1257/pandp.20251078
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    JEL classification:

    • D22 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Firm Behavior: Empirical Analysis
    • J14 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of the Elderly; Economics of the Handicapped; Non-Labor Market Discrimination
    • J23 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Demand
    • M12 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - Personnel Management; Executives; Executive Compensation
    • M51 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Personnel Economics - - - Firm Employment Decisions; Promotions

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