Are Employment Protection Laws for Disabled People Effective in a Developing Country?

Michael Palmer () and Jenny Williams

No 20-22, Economics Discussion / Working Papers from The University of Western Australia, Department of Economics

Abstract: This paper investigates the impact of a law protecting the employment rights of disabled people in Cambodia. Similar to studies in high income countries, we find that Cambodia's national disability law did not improve the employment situation of persons with disabilities, and may have worsened it, four years after implementation. The reduction in employment of disabled persons following the laws introduction is larger among employees, females, and in the industrial sector. The most plausible mechanism through which employment is reduced is via lower demand for disabled workers by employers seeking to avoid the cost of workplace accommodations in an environment of monitoring by a non-government organization and where employment quotas for disabled workers are set at non-binding levels.

JEL-codes: C21 I18 J21 K31 K38 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 35
Date: 2020
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