This paper integrates two strands of literature on overskilling and disability using the 2004 British Workplace …-limited disabled. Giving workers more discretion over how they perform their work would significantly reduce these negative effects. …

. Compared with the EU, the UK has high employment rates, but a high proportion of non-workers say that they are not working … through disability. In general, the low generosity of out-of-work benefits means that positive incentives to work exist for …

This paper focuses on the relation between the onset of disability and employment outcomes. We develop an event history … onset of a disability by around 138%. However, health shocks are relatively rare events and therefore the larger part of … observed disability rates result from gradual deteriorations in health. We find no direct effect of health shocks on employment …

. This paper uses survey data to plot trends over time in the prevalence of disability, and in the employment rates of … disability, but this is effectively complemented by more detailed data on health conditions available in some GHS years. …

Using the UK Labour Force Survey, we study wage gaps for disabled men after the introduction of the Disability … the part explained by differences in workers' and job characteristics, the part that can be ascribed to health … workers, most of the wage gap can be attributed to differences in productivity, while for mentally disabled people we find …

This paper focuses on the relation between the onset of disability and employment outcomes. We develop an event history … onset of a disability by around 138%. However, health shocks are relatively rare events and therefore the larger part of … observed disability rates result from gradual deteriorations in health. We find no direct effect of health shocks on employment …

Previous modelling of the impact of disability on employment has failed to allow for a direct effect rendering some …

Previous modelling of the impact of disability on employment has failed to allow for a direct effect rendering some …

This paper focuses on the relation between the onset of disability and employment outcomes. We develop an event history … onset of a disability by around 138%. However, health shocks are relatively rare events and therefore the larger part of … observed disability rates result from gradual deteriorations in health. We find no direct effect of health shocks on employment …