Labour Market Impacts from Disability Onset

31 Pages Posted: 25 Oct 2012

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Cain Polidano

University of Melbourne - Faculty of Business and Economics, Melbourne Institute: Applied Economic & Social Research

Ha Vu Thi Hong

University of Melbourne - Melbourne Institute: Applied Economic & Social Research

Date Written: October 2012

Abstract

In this paper we estimate the causal labour market impacts of disability onset up to four years after onset using longitudinal data from the Household Income and Labour Dynamics Australia (HILDA) survey and difference-in-difference propensity score matching techniques. We find lasting negative impacts on employment, especially full-time employment, which is linked more to reduced movement into full-time employment than to downshifting from full-time to part-time work. Longer-term, impacts on employment and income support reliance are greater for those without post-school qualifications, which points to differential social costs of onset by education. Therefore, to be cost-effective, prevention and vocational rehabilitation measures should be targeted at low-skilled workers.

Keywords: disability, employment, propensity score matching

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JEL Classification: J20, I10

Suggested Citation

Polidano, Cain and Hong, Ha Vu Thi, Labour Market Impacts from Disability Onset (October 2012). Melbourne Institute Working Paper No. 22, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2166603 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2166603

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