The disability pay gap in the UK: What is the role of the public sector?

Melanie Jones

Labour Economics, 2024, vol. 91, issue C

Abstract: Using data from the UK Quarterly Labour Force Survey we provide the first evidence on variation in the disability pay gap between the public and private sector. Decomposing the disability pay gap at the mean we find evidence of a sizable unexplained pay gap in both sectors, but this is narrower in the public relative to the private sector, consistent with greater pay equality in the public sector. The unexplained disability pay gap increases across the pay distribution particularly in the private sector, suggesting a ‘glass ceiling’. As such, our evidence suggests the public sector provides relative protection for disabled employees, especially at the top end of the wage distribution. This appears to be driven by the influence for females.

Keywords: Disability pay gap; Public sector; Quarterly labour force survey; Wage decompositions; Wage distribution (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J14 J31 J45 J71 J78 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2024.102642

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