The Effect of disability acceptance on job search intention of persons with disabilities in Korea

Abstract

This paper examines the effect of disability acceptance on the job search intention of the economically inactive population with disabilities in Korea, using the Second Wave Panel Survey of the Employment for the Disabled. We also investigate the effect of disability acceptance on employment status, a presumed indicative of the transition from job search intention to actual job search. We find that of 4 dimensions of disability acceptance, de-emphasis on disability salience especially has a positive effect on the job search intention as well as employment.