Workplace Disability Diversity and Job-Related Well-Being in Britain: A WERS2004 Based Analysis

Abstract:     
This paper attempts to establish empirically whether there is a link between workplace disability and employee job-related well-being. Using nationally representative linked employer-employee data for Britain, I employ alternative econometric techniques to account for unobserved workplace heterogeneity. I find that workplace disability diversity is associated with lower employee well-being among people with no reported disability. Tests conducted also indicate that workplace equality policies do not ameliorate this effect.

Keywords: disability diversity, job-related well-being, linked employer-employee data, Britain

JEL Classifications: J14, J82, J7, I31

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