Disabilities and labour Market earnings in Australia

Richard Brazenor ()
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Australian Journal of Labour Economics (AJLE), 2002, vol. 5, issue 3, 319-334

Abstract: This research examines the effect of disability status on the labour market earnings of males and females in Australia. The results indicate that disabilities have a large impact on labour earnings, however, this impact is not uniform across disabilities or between males and females for the same disability. Disfigurement or deformity disabilities, for example, have a significant impact on female earnings but appear largely insignificant for male earnings. In contrast, blackouts, fits and loss of consciousness have a strong effect on male earnings and a much weaker effect on female earnings. Overall, emotional and nervous conditions appear to have the largest impact on both female and male labour market earnings.

Keywords: Labor and demographic economics; Demographic economics; Economics of gender (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J00 J10 J16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2002
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