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Twice Penalized: Employment Discrimination Against Women with Disabilities
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This article examines wage discrimination during the initial stages of employment using panel data from the Survey of Income and Program Participation. Women with disabilities are twice disadvantaged in the labor market: They face possible discrimination based on both gender and disability status. This article focuses on transitions into new employment. Two key variables indicate the circumstances in which a woman starts working at a new employer: (a) a planned employment transition or (b) finding employment after leaving a former employer for an unplanned reason or after being unemployed. The empirical evidence suggests that wage discrimination is prevalent; discrimination occurs across personal and employment characteristics. Although employment transitions resulted in lower wages, reasonable scenarios that involve personal choices as opposed to discrimination could not be eliminated. For instance, a worker with disabilities may change employers and accept a lower wage if she gains nonwage benefits (e.g., accommodations or health insurance).
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Metadata
- Authors
- O'Hara, B.
- Affiliations
- Social Security Administration
- Venue
- Journal of Disability Policy Studies
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2004-06
- Volume
- 15
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 27-34
- ISSN
- 1044-2073 (ISSN-L)
- 1538-4802
- OpenAlex
- W1973794913
- Cited by
- 70
- References
- 20
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 5 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 6 · 2016: 1 · 2015: 4 · 2014: 6 · 2013: 2 · 2012: 3
- FWCI
- 3.25
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Disability Policy Studies (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Education › Disability Education and Employment
- Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Labour Market and Migration
- Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Labor market dynamics and wage inequality
- Keywords
- wage discrimination, women with disabilities, disability status, gender discrimination, employment transitions, unemployment, workplace accommodations, nonwage benefits, health insurance, labour market disadvantage
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