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DOES PART‐TIME EMPLOYMENT PROVIDE A WAY OF ACCOMMODATING A DISABILITY? *
Author(s) -
JONES MELANIE K.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
the manchester school
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.361
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 1467-9957
pISSN - 1463-6786
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9957.2007.01042.x
Subject(s) - limiting , labour economics , work (physics) , disabled people , part time employment , economics , demographic economics , psychology , engineering , applied psychology , mechanical engineering , life style
In this paper, I examine the reasons for high rates of part‐time employment among disabled workers in the UK. Evidence from the Labour Force Survey suggests that part‐time employment provides an important way of accommodating a work‐limiting disability rather than reflecting marginalization of the disabled by employers. Differences in part‐time employment within the disabled group are also examined.