Disability Onset, Education, and Employment Outcomes by Age Cohort

A study by Pamela Loprest analyzes the relationship between early disability onset and subsequent education and employment outcomes. The research compares a younger cohort (ages 22-35) and an older cohort (ages 44-54), examining direct effects and impacts via human capital investment. Findings indicate lower high school completion and employment for the young cohort with early-onset disability, while the older cohort shows different employment patterns based on onset age.

Use Cases

• Modeling the probability of high school completion based on disability onset timing.
• Analyzing employment rate differentials between cohorts with early-onset and later-onset disabilities.
• Investigating the mediating role of education in the relationship between disability and employment.
• Evaluating policy interventions aimed at increasing education levels for people with early-onset disabilities.

Strengths

• Study design compares two distinct age cohorts (22-35 and 44-54).
• Analysis distinguishes between direct effects of disability and effects mediated through education.

Limitations

• Row count and column-level documentation are absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data may reflect geographic or temporal bias inherent to the source study on paperswithcode.

Provenance

Source

Pamela Loprest

Collection Method

Likely contains survey or administrative data analyzed for a research study.