Employment and disability in Australia: Improving employment outcomes for people with disability

Alex Buckland (), Alfred Dockery, Alan Duncan, Valentina Sanchez Arenas (), Panagiotis Sotirakopoulos, Chris Twomey and Loan Vu
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Alex Buckland: Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre (BCEC), Curtin University
Valentina Sanchez Arenas: Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre, Curtin University

No FS10, Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre Report series from Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre (BCEC), Curtin Business School

Abstract: Employment and disability in Australia, the tenth report in the BCEC Focus on the States series, looks at improving employment outcomes for people with disability in Australia. The report reveals that there has been no improvement in employment rates for people with disability in Australia over the last two decades, despite extensive policy reforms and greatly increased funding for supports and service delivery. This represents a massive loss to the Australian economy, with the report showing that increasing employment of people with disability by 10 per cent could add $16 billion to economic output each year. Aside from the obvious underutilsation of the talents of people with disability, the opportunity to work is fundamental to living a fulfilling life and to achieving autonomy and independence. This report offers recommendations aimed at fostering a more inclusive workforce, including implementation of a ‘work first’ approach, enhancing public sector employment initiatives, promoting employer leadership in disability inclusion and improving education-to-work transitions, and the establishment of a National Disability Employment Agency.

Keywords: employment; disability; people with disability; labour supply; inclusion (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F13 L38 L88 R1 R11 R12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 132 pages
Date: 2024-03
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