Open AccessMacroeconomic cost of excluding persons with disabilities from the workforce in Spain
Author(s) -
Ángeles Cámara,
Ma Isabel Martínez,
Rocío González Sánchez
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
iza journal of labor policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.473
H-Index - 16
ISSN - 2193-9004
DOI - 10.2478/izajolp-2020-0015
Subject(s) - workforce , context (archaeology) , social policy , job market , labour economics , economics , demographic economics , public economics , economic growth , market economy , geography , engineering , work (physics) , mechanical engineering , archaeology
The article analyzes and deals with the problems associated to exclusion of persons with disabilities from the workforce based on the impact it has in the context of economic and social dimensions, considering the fact that it results in high cost because of such exclusion. Specifically, it estimates the macroeconomic cost to the Spanish economy by modeling the incorporation of this collective into the job market. Varying types of inclusion are proposed, which are defined in terms of the different barriers that this collective encounters when attempting to access the job market. In this article, these barriers are divided between those that result from a labor gap and those that result from an education gap. The study then quantifies the macroeconomic benefits resulting from an increased participation of persons with disabilities in the workforce.