Publication type
Journal Article
Authors
Publication date
December 15, 2021
Summary:
We provide new evidence about the work-related exposure of disabled people to COVID-19 using household survey data combined with a novel occupational risk indicator. Despite their higher clinical vulnerability, disabled people in employment in the UK were significantly more likely to be going out to work during the pandemic rather than working from home, and were working in occupations that were more exposed to COVID-19 than the occupations of non-disabled workers. Our results raise questions about whether there are sufficient safeguards for disabled people in the workplace, and have longer-term implications for a labour market where COVID-19 is a persistent health issue.
Published in
SSM - Population Health
Volume
Volume: 16:100984
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2021.100984
ISSN
23528273
Subjects
Notes
Open Access
Under a Creative Commons license
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