Betty

        I went to the digest of this article and it implies that SSI and SSDI
claims have increased in the same period studied. If this is, in fact, the
case,
the decrease in employment of persons with disabilities may be a function
more of the ease of getting entitlements than to the strictures placed on
employers.

Bobby

>I don't know why the list has been so quiet either.  Perhaps someone would be
>interested in the study entitled "Consequences of Employment Protection? The
>Case of the Americans with Disabilities Act."   <A
>HREF="http://www.nber.org/papers/w6670">Daron Acemoglu, Joshua Angrist --
>"Consequences of Employment Protection? The C</A>
>
>We could discuss the potential ramifications of this report, or we could just
>have a contest to see how many times we can use the word "ramifications" in a
>post.
>
>No kidding.  I don't like the implications of this report, which seems to
>suggest that the ADA caused an adverse effect on the hiring of people with
>disabilities.  Just out of curiosity, have other people seen this?  What do
>you think?
>
>Betty Alfred
>"I instigate therefore I am"