Work

Disability and Skill Mismatch*

Year: 2010

Type: article

Abstract: This paper integrates two strands of literature on overskilling and disability using the 2004 British Workplace Employment Relations Survey (WERS). It finds that disabled workers are significantly more likely to be skill mismatched in the labour market and that the adverse effect of mismatch on earnings is particularly acute for this group. Giving workers more discretion over how they perform their work may significantly reduce these negative effects.

Source: Economic Record

DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4932.2010.00659.x

Authors: MELANIE K. JONES, PETER J. SLOANE

Institutions: Swansea University, Flinders University, IZA - Institute of Labor Economics

Language: English

Topic: Labor market dynamics and wage inequality

Subfield: Economics and Econometrics

Field: Economics, Econometrics and Finance

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Decent work and economic growth, Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W1956772508

FWCI: 7.557

Cites: 33

Cited by: 67

Related to: 10