Workplace Disability Diversity and Job-Related Well-Being in Britain: A WERS2004 Based Analysis

Getinet Astatike Haile ()

No 3993, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

Abstract: This paper attempts to establish empirically whether there is a link between workplace disability and employee job-related well-being. Using nationally representative linked employer-employee data for Britain, I employ alternative econometric techniques to account for unobserved workplace heterogeneity. I find that workplace disability diversity is associated with lower employee well-being among people with no reported disability. Tests conducted also indicate that workplace equality policies do not ameliorate this effect.

Keywords: disability diversity; job-related well-being; linked employer-employee data; Britain (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J14 J82 J7 I31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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Date: 2009-02
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