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Improving the Employment Rates of People with Disabilities through Vocational EducationKostas G. MavromarasUniversity of Melbourne - Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research; Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) Cain PolidanoUniversity of Melbourne - Faculty of Economics and Commerce, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research March 1, 2011 Melbourne Institute Working Paper No. 3/11 Abstract: During the 2001-8 period, the employment rate of people with a disability remained remarkably low in most western economies, hardly responding to better macroeconomic conditions and favourable anti-discrimination legislation and interventions. Continuing health and productivity improvements in the general population are leaving people with disabilities behind, unable to play their role and have their share in the increasing productive capacity of the economy. This paper combines dynamic panel econometric estimation with longitudinal data from Australia to show that vocational education has a considerable and long lasting positive effect on the employment participation and productivity of people with disabilities.
Number of Pages in PDF File: 37 Keywords: Employment, disabilities, productivity, vocational training, dynamic panel JEL Classification: J14, I19, I29 working papers seriesDate posted: March 27, 2011 ; Last revised: March 30, 2011Suggested CitationContact Information
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