group between workers with a disability and workers without a disability. On five measures of productivity, no significant … differences were discernible but on a sixth measure, length of employment, it was found that disability workers remained in … employment significantly longer. These results strongly refute the ‘intuitive wisdom’ that workers with a disability are less …

acquiring a disability. We postulate a model in which this impact is mediated by the choice of occupation, with a level of risk … Working Lives of the Spanish SS system. It contains individual, job and firm information of over a million workers, including … a representative sample of immigrants. We find that risk exposure increases the probability of permanent disability by 5 …

The probability of acquiring a permanent disability is partly determined by working and contractual conditions … Working Lives provided by the Spanish Social Security system, containing records for over a million workers. We find that risk … exposure increases the probability of permanent disability – arising from any cause – by almost 5%. Temporary employment and …

Although some studies have analysed the disability phenomenon and its effect on, for example, labour force … participation, wages, job satisfaction, or the use of disability pension, the empirical evidence on how disability steals time (e … by gender and disability status. The results are consistent with the hypothesis that disability steals time, and …

using unique data from a survey conducted on the disabled population in Spain in 2008. We further measure the level of … Spain, with socioeconomic status being an important factor in access to LTC. We find that individuals at the higher end of …