A study on the employment and wage outcomes of people with disabilities

THEME: Collective Bargaining and Workers’ Rights in the Workplace

TITLE: A study on the employment and wage outcomes of people with disabilities

PUBLISHED BY: International Labour Organisation (ILO)

WHO IS THIS FOR:  People with disabilities are less likely to be part of the labour market and they tend to earn less when they are, according to this new working paper from the International Labour Organization (ILO).

Individuals with disabilities also face higher unemployment rates and are more likely to be self- employed. The paper, which includes new data, finds that those with disabilities who are working are paid 12 per cent less per hour than other employees, on average, and that three-quarters of this gap – 9 per cent – cannot be explained by differences in education, age and type of work. In low and lower middle-income countries this disability wage gap is much larger, at 26 per cent, and almost half cannot be explained by socio-demographic differences. Those working as educationists for trade unions and in policy will find this useful.

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A study on the employment and wage outcomes of people with disabilities