Disability and Disadvantage: a Study of a Cohort of Australian Youth

Peng Yu ()
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Peng Yu: Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs

Australian Journal of Labour Economics (AJLE), 2010, vol. 13, issue 3, 265-286

Abstract: This paper examines the association between disability and disadvantage among Australian youth. Past experiences (e.g., school achievement), and present circumstances (e.g., participation in education and employment) as well as aspirations and expectations (e.g., expected education and career) are investigated. The results show that young people growing up with a disability, especially a developmental/learning disability, have significantly worse outcomes in many aspects (past experiences in particular) than those without disability. Further, outcomes for young people with disability are poorer if disability is compounded by other sources of disadvantage such as poor maternal educational attainment. Evidence of intergenerational transmission of disadvantage is also revealed.

Keywords: Employment; Unemployment; Wages; Intergenerational Income Distribution; Aggregate Human Capital; Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth; Economics of the Elderly; Economics of the Handicapped; Non-labour Market Discrimination (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E24 J13 J14 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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