Refereed Journal

Title

Disability and Disadvantage: selection, onset and duration effects

Authors

Stephen Jenkins , John Rigg

Journal

Journal of Social Policy

ISSN

0047-2794

Volume/Edition

33 3

Published Date

2004-07-01

Abstract

This paper analyses the economic disadvantage experienced by disabled persons of working-age using data from the British Household Panel Survey. We argue that there are three sources of disadvantage among disabled persons: pre-existing disadvantage among those who become disabled (a 'selection' effect), the effect of disability onset itself, and the effects associated with remaining disabled post-onset. We show that employment rates fall with disability onset, and continue to fall the longer a disability spell lasts, whereas average income falls sharply with onset but then recovers subsequently (though not to pre-onset levels).

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Also published as:

1. Stephen Jenkins
,
2. John Rigg

Disability and Disadvantage: selection, onset and duration effects ISER Working Paper number: 2003-18, 2003