The Effects of Increasing Financial Incentives for Firms to Promote Employment of Disabled Workers
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I study the effect of an increase in financial incentives for firms to hire disabled workers in the context of an employment quota. My results suggest that this increase had a positive impact on firms’ demand for disabled workers. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2010.01.016 Posted at the Zurich Open Repository and Archive, University of Zurich ZORA URL: https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-43060 Accepted Version Originally published at: Wuellrich, J P (2010). The effects of increasing financial incentives for firms to promote employment of disabled workers. Economics Letters, 107(2):173-176. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2010.01.016 The Effects of Increasing Financial Incentives for Firms to Promote Employment of Disabled Workers Jean-Philippe Wuellrich∗† January 7, 2010 Abstract I study the effect of an increase in financial incentives for firms to hire disabled workers in the context of an employment quota. My results suggest that this increase had a positive impact on firms’ demand for disabled workers. JEL classification: J15, J23, J71, J78
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