Table 5.

Regression results and descriptive statistics for ACS data in Table 1

	Linear probability predicting employment		Heckman model predicting ln(hourly pay)
			Pay coefficients		Selection model		Mean	(s.d.)
	(1)		(2)		(3)		(4)
Disability type
Vision impairment	−0.053	(0.002)	−0.079	(0.004)	−0.179	(0.005)	0.021		(0.142)
Hearing impairment	−0.032	(0.002)	−0.046	(0.003)	−0.113	(0.005)	0.020		(0.141)
Cognitive impairment	−0.289	(0.001)	−0.193	(0.003)	−0.870	(0.003)	0.049		(0.217)
Mobility impairment	−0.343	(0.001)	−0.139	(0.003)	−1.015	(0.003)	0.049		(0.217)
Other limit in dressing or bathing	−0.196	(0.007)	−0.081	(0.017)	−0.585	(0.022)	0.001		(0.030)
Other limit in going outside	−0.359	(0.003)	−0.185	(0.008)	−1.053	(0.009)	0.005		(0.068)
Gender and marital status
Male sep/div	−0.081	(0.001)	−0.150	(0.002)	−0.353	(0.004)	0.054		(0.226)
Male widowed	−0.134	(0.003)	−0.157	(0.007)	−0.525	(0.011)	0.004		(0.064)
Male never married	−0.118	(0.001)	−0.257	(0.001)	−0.546	(0.003)	0.204		(0.403)
Female married	−0.177	(0.001)	−0.318	(0.001)	−0.743	(0.002)	0.248		(0.432)
Female sep/div	−0.077	(0.001)	−0.356	(0.002)	−0.388	(0.003)	0.071		(0.256)
Female widowed	−0.171	(0.002)	−0.404	(0.004)	−0.640	(0.006)	0.012		(0.108)
Female never married	−0.105	(0.001)	−0.354	(0.001)	−0.533	(0.003)	0.175		(0.380)
Education
Some HS	−0.038	(0.001)	0.087	(0.003)	−0.223	(0.005)	0.069		(0.254)
HS or GED degree	0.088	(0.001)	0.237	(0.003)	0.155	(0.004)	0.269		(0.443)
Some college, no degree	0.119	(0.001)	0.396	(0.003)	0.303	(0.004)	0.228		(0.419)
Associate’s degree	0.176	(0.001)	0.471	(0.003)	0.453	(0.005)	0.087		(0.282)
Bachelor’s degree	0.201	(0.001)	0.781	(0.003)	0.535	(0.005)	0.201		(0.401)
Master’s degree	0.227	(0.001)	0.976	(0.003)	0.655	(0.005)	0.080		(0.272)
Prof. degree	0.240	(0.002)	1.266	(0.004)	0.681	(0.008)	0.017		(0.130)
Ph/D	0.261	(0.002)	1.167	(0.004)	0.789	(0.009)	0.012		(0.108)
Race/ethnicity
Black non– Hispanic	−0.037	(0.001)	−0.143	(0.001)	−0.116	(0.002)	0.130		(0.336)
Hispanic	0.021	(0.001)	−0.138	(0.001)	0.017	(0.002)	0.186		(0.389)
Native/Pacific Islander	−0.074	(0.002)	−0.117	(0.004)	−0.252	(0.007)	0.008		(0.089)
Asian	−0.043	(0.001)	−0.033	(0.002)	−0.196	(0.003)	0.062		(0.241)
Other race	−0.014	(0.001)	−0.062	(0.002)	−0.040	(0.004)	0.030		(0.172)
Age
18–34	0.142	(0.001)					0.156		(0.363)
35–44	0.147	(0.001)					0.227		(0.419)
45–54	0.154	(0.001)					0.207		(0.405)
55–64	0.035	(0.001)					0.201		(0.401)
							0.208		(0.406)
58 labor market experience dummies	No		Yes		Yes
50 state dummies	Yes		Yes		Yes
4 year dummies	Yes		Yes		Yes
Selection identifiers
Live alone					−0.231	(0.002)	0.135		(0.341)
Family size					−0.028	(0.001)	2.930		(1.679)
Kids < 6 years old					−0.171	(0.002)	0.171		(0.377)
Kids 6–17 years old					0.019	(0.002)	0.315		(0.464)
Other family income					0.000	(0.000)	55,588		(84,663)
Other family income squared					0.000	(0.000)	1.03E + 10		−5.E + 10
Selection parameters
/athrho					0.074	(0.003)
/lnsigma					−0.418	(0.001)
rho					0.074
sigma					0.658
lambda					0.049
Dependent variables
Employment							0.707		(0.455)
Ln(hourly pay)							3.074		(0.792)

Standard errors in parentheses in columns 1–3