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Severity of Work Disability and Work *
Author(s) -
OGUZOGLU UMUT
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
economic record
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.365
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 1475-4932
pISSN - 0013-0249
DOI - 10.1111/j.1475-4932.2011.00725.x
Subject(s) - work (physics) , demographic economics , sample (material) , pension , disability pension , disability benefits , labour economics , economics , work force , psychology , demography , sociology , social security , engineering , mechanical engineering , market economy , population , chemistry , chromatography , finance
A dynamic labour force participation model is used to capture the effect of severity of disability on labour force participation using a sample of working age Australians drawn from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia survey. The role of work limitation is shown to be significantly dissimilar across gender, age and severity groups. The simulated impact of limitations is most dramatic for low‐skilled women. The new work requirements imposed on Disability Support Pension recipients are shown to be highly effective for this group.