A policy brief by the Rockefeller Institute of Government, prepared for NYSID and the NY Alliance for Innovation & Inclusion, discusses the role the social safety net and the benefits cliff plays in the employment decisions of people with disabilities.
People with disabilities face substantial barriers to employment and limitations in both the jobs they can take and the hours that they can work.
One barrier to employment is benefits eligibility rules.
The report highlights the sometimes complicated intersection of different benefits and employment choices. It also includes a discussion of three theoretical examples of the tradeoffs an individual with disabilities may make when deciding whether to be employed and how many hours to work.
Click here to access the report.
