Using administrative data from Maine to quantify the effect of vocational rehabilitation (VR) services on employment outcomes for transition-age youth with disabilities, we exploited the variation in VR counselors’ propensity to develop Individualized Plans for Employment (IPEs) for VR youth as an instrument for service receipt. We found that among the estimated 36 percent of VR clients on the margin of service receipt, having an IPE implemented increases quarterly employment rate by 15.4 percentage points and quarterly earnings by $1,442 (2018 dollars). We found heterogeneous program effects with individuals 18 or younger benefiting significantly more than those older than age 18 at the time of VR application. We estimate the annual real rate of return to be 10.2 percent for two years after VR case closure.

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缅因州过渡年龄残疾青年的职业康复服务和劳动力市场成果

使用缅因州的行政数据来量化职业康复 (VR) 服务对过渡年龄残疾青年就业结果的影响，我们利用 VR 辅导员倾向的差异为 VR 青年制定个性化就业计划 (IPE) 作为服务收据的文书。我们发现，估计有 36% 的 VR 客户在服务收据方面处于劣势，实施 IPE 可使季度就业率提高 15.4 个百分点，季度收入提高 1,442 美元（2018 年美元）。我们发现，在应用 VR 时，18 岁或以下的个体比 18 岁以上的个体受益更多。我们估计 VR 案件结案后两年的年实际回报率为 10.2%。