Disability-based labour market inequalities

Disability remains a significant hurdle on the labour market, resulting in fewer and often worse employment opportunities. In this ETUI working paper, experts David Pettinicchio and Michelle Maroto delve deeper into this issue, exploring how the context of how society and work is organised affects this type of inequality, which is still too often seen as very individual. 

They show overall and cross-national trends and highlight the evidence from times of crisis as well as the recent pandemic, which has exacerbated disparities. They make the case for a proactive role for unions, who are a key actor in helping to reduce this inequality, as has been shown in several countries with different systems. In countries with stronger union premia such as the United states or United Kingdom, union membership has been shown to be particularly beneficial for individual disabled workers in boosting their wages.

Disability-based labour market inequalities

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