New Collection of Research Highlights Factors That Affect Employment Outcomes for People with Disabilities

In a special issue of the Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation, Mathematica Policy Research and others provide new research that can help policymakers and program administrators target and deliver state vocational rehabilitation (VR) services that help people with disabilities find jobs. 

This collection draws on a variety of data sources to provide insights into the diversity of people using VR services and how those differences, combined with environmental factors like policies and local job opportunities, could affect their long-term employment outcomes. 

Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation. “Special Issue: How Individual and Environmental Factors Affect Employment Outcomes.” February 2017. 

“Introduction: How Individual and Environmental Factors Affect Employment Outcomes” 

“What Have We Learned Using Merged Administrative Data from the Social Security Administration and the Rehabilitation Services Administration?”

“Transitions and Vocational Rehabilitation Success: Tracking Outcomes for Different Types of Youth” 

“Impairment, Demographics, and Competitive Employment in Vocational Rehabilitation” 

“Using Administrative Data to Explore the Employment and Benefit Receipt Outcomes of Vocational Rehabilitation Applicants Years After Program Exit” 

“Personal Characteristics of Vocational Rehabilitation Applicants: Findings from the Survey of Disability and Employment”