Barriers or Opportunities? The Causes of Contingent and Part‐Time Work Among People with Disabilities
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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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Workers with disabilities often benefit from flexible work arrangements, especially if they face transportation barriers to get to work.
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- Authors
- Schur, L. A.
- Affiliations
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (US)
- Corresponding author
- Schur, Lisa A.
- ORCID
- Schur, Lisa A.
- Venue
- Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2003-09-16
- Volume
- 42
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 589-622
- ISSN
- 0019-8676 (ISSN-L)
- 1468-232X
- OpenAlex
- W1966623818
- Cited by
- 207
- References
- 0
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- FWCI
- 10.87
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Industrial Relations A Journal of Economy and Society (publishedVersion)
- SSRN Electronic Journal (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Safety Research › Disability Education and Employment
- Social Sciences › Demography › Retirement, Disability, and Employment
- Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Labour Market and Migration
- Keywords
- people with disabilities, contingent employment, part-time work, non-standard employment, employer discrimination, health problems, barriers to employment, labor force participation, disability policy
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