Barriers or Opportunities? The Causes of Contingent and Part-Time Work Among People with Disabilities

Why are workers with disabilities about twice as likely as nondisabled workers to be in contingent and part‐time jobs? This study finds that disability income program earnings limits and employer discrimination play relatively minor roles, whereas the primary explanation is health problems that make...

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Published inIndustrial relations (Berkeley) Vol. 42; no. 4; pp. 589 - 622
Main Author Schur, Lisa A.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.10.2003
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Subjects
Disabled persons
Economics
Employment
Employment Discrimination
Equal opportunities
Handicapped
Health
Health Problems
Income
Industrial relations
Labor Policy
Labour market structure
Part Time Employment
People with disabilities
Sociology of work
Studies
Temporary Employment
United States of America
Workers with disabilities
United States > US
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Summary:Why are workers with disabilities about twice as likely as nondisabled workers to be in contingent and part‐time jobs? This study finds that disability income program earnings limits and employer discrimination play relatively minor roles, whereas the primary explanation is health problems that make traditional full‐time jobs difficult or impossible for many people with disabilities. Despite the lower pay and other drawbacks of many nonstandard jobs, they enable many people with disabilities to work who otherwise would not be employed. Policy implications are discussed.
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Department of Labor Studies and Employment Relations, Rutgers University. E‐mail
The work presented here was performed pursuant to a grant from the U.S. Social Security Admin‐istration (SSA) funded as part of the Disability Research Institute. The opinions and conclusions expressed are solely those of the author and should not be construed as representing the opinions or policy of SSA or any agency of the federal government. Paula Voos, Douglas Kruse, Adrienne Eaton, David Bensman, John Burton, Steven Director, Barbara Lee, and Rebecca Blank provided valuable advice and comments that contributed to this article. Gina Damasco provided valuable research assistance early in this project. I am fully responsible for all analysis and conclusions.
LSchur@rci.rutgers.edu.
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ISSN:0019-8676
1468-232X
DOI:10.1111/1468-232X.00308