Education has positive impact on labor market activity of
severely disabled November 12, 1998 Additional education
generally enhances labor market outcomes. For workers with
disabilities, additional education not only improves the chances
of labor market activity, but also reduces the gap in the labor
market participation between workers with severe disabilities
and workers with no disability. For workers with less than 4
years of high school, 75.2 percent of those with no disability
reported labor market activity, compared with 17.3 percent of
those with severe disabilities, a gap of 57.9 percentage points.
For workers with college degrees, ninety percent of those with
no disability reported labor market activity compared with 52.4
percent of those with a severe disability, a gap of 37.6
percentage points. When considering workers with severe
disabilities, it is possible that the disability affects both
education and labor market activity. That is, a condition may
both impede acquiring an education and make