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The Differential Earnings and Income Effects of Involuntary Job Loss on Workers with Disabilities — Evidence from S weden
Author(s) -
Angelov Nikolay,
Eliason Marcus
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
labour
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.403
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1467-9914
pISSN - 1121-7081
DOI - 10.1111/labr.12062
Subject(s) - earnings , differential (mechanical device) , job loss , economics , labour economics , demographic economics , unemployment , accounting , economic growth , engineering , aerospace engineering
People with disabilities are consistently found to face considerable difficulties in the labour market. In this study we investigated whether their earnings and income trajectories are more adversely affected in case of involuntary job loss. Earnings of those with and without disabilities began to diverge already several years prior to job loss because of larger incidence of sickness. Following job loss much more job losers with disabilities became disability retirees resulting in a considerable and seemingly permanent earnings differential. However, larger uptake of public social insurances among job losers with disabilities resulted in a much smaller income differential.