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

• Published in: Industrial relations (Berkeley) Vol. 42; no. 4; pp. 589 - 622
• Main Author: Schur, Lisa A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.10.2003; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• 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

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...