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Public Economics Lectures Part 1: Introduction

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Acemoglu and Angrist 2001<br />

Look at effect of ADA regulations on wages and employment of the<br />

disabled<br />

The 1993 Americans with Disabilities Act requires employers to:<br />

Make accommodations for disabled employees<br />

Pay same wages to disabled employees as to non-disabled workers<br />

Cost to accommodate disabled workers: $1000 per person on average<br />

Theory is ambiguous on net employment effect because of wage<br />

discrimination clause<br />

<strong>Public</strong> <strong>Economics</strong> <strong>Lectures</strong> () <strong>Part</strong> 2: Tax Incidence 137 / 142

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