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Title
Economic Consequences of Employment Quota System for Disabled People: Evidence from a Regression Discontinuity Design in Japan
Creator
Creator Name
Mori, Yuko Mori, Yuko
森, 悠子 森, 悠子
Affiliation
Affiliation Name
Hitotsubashi University
Creator Name
Sakamoto, Norihito Sakamoto, Norihito
坂本, 徳仁 坂本, 徳仁
Affiliation
Affiliation Name
Tokyo University of Science
Abstract (distribution restricted)
This study examines the effect of Japanese employment quota system for disabled people on their employment. By using official data pertaining to Japan, we show that a levy-grant scheme increases the employment of disabled workers in Japan’s manufacturing industry. In addition, we find that small-sized firms hire disabled workers when increasing firm size, although they are not obligated to pay a levy. Finally, we use the increase in the number of disabled workers by the quota system as an instrumental variable (IV) to evaluate the impact of disability employment on a firm’s profit rate. The results of the fuzzy regression discontinuity design (RDD) suggest that an increase in the number of disabled workers does not necessarily decrease firms’ profit rates, which is in contrast to the results of the ordinary least squares (OLS) regression that suggest negative relationships between a firm’s profit rate and the number of disabled workers.
Publisher
Graduate School of Economics, Hitotsubashi University
Issued Date
2014-09
Language
English(eng)
Resource Type
technical report
Version Type
VoR
Is Part OfRelation -
Related Title
Discussion papers ; No. 2014-10
Number of Pages
41
Appears in Collections
Discussion papers / Graduate School of Economics, Hitotsubashi University
URL
https://hdl.handle.net/10086/26830