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Interpreting wage gaps of disabled men: the roles of productivity and of discrimination

Longhi, Simonetta, Nicoletti, Cheti and Platt, Lucinda ORCID: 0000-0002-8251-6400 (2012) Interpreting wage gaps of disabled men: the roles of productivity and of discrimination. Southern Economic Journal, 78 (3). pp. 931-953. ISSN 0038-4038

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Identification Number: 10.4284/0038-4038-78.3.931

Abstract

Using the UK Labour Force Survey, we study wage gaps for disabled men after the introduction of the Disability Discrimination Act. We estimate wage gaps at the mean and at different quantiles of the wage distribution and decompose them into a part explained by differences in workers' and job characteristics, a part that can be ascribed to health-related reduced productivity, and a residual part. The large original wage gaps reduce substantially when we control for differences in education and occupation, although significant residuals remain. However, when we isolate productivity differences between disabled and nondisabled workers, the residual wage gap becomes insignificant in most cases.

Item Type: Article
Official URL: http://journal.southerneconomic.org/
Additional Information: © 2012 Southern Economic Association (SEA)
Divisions: Social Policy
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions
H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor
H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology
JEL classification: C - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods > C2 - Econometric Methods: Single Equation Models; Single Variables > C21 - Cross-Sectional Models; Spatial Models; Treatment Effect Models
J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J1 - Demographic Economics > J14 - Economics of the Elderly; Economics of the Handicapped
J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J3 - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs > J31 - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials by Skill, Training, Occupation, etc.
J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J7 - Labor Discrimination
Date Deposited: 28 Jan 2014 11:41
Last Modified: 04 Dec 2024 21:21
URI: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/55449

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