Factors Associated with Occupational Disability Classification
To provide disabled people with the same opportunities to participate in working life as everyone else, certain measures, such as wage subsidies, compensating for a reduced work capacity, might be necessary. To ascertain that these measures are limited to the most needy a system that identifies the...
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| description | To provide disabled people with the same opportunities to participate in working life as everyone else, certain measures, such as wage subsidies, compensating for a reduced work capacity, might be necessary. To ascertain that these measures are limited to the most needy a system that identifies the target group is required. The Swedish Public Employment Service’s (PES’) classification of occupational disability constitutes such a system. In this study we document how jobseekers’ demographic characteristics, socioeconomic position, and health-related conditions are associated with being classified as occupationally disabled by the PES, and how this classification might be distorted by unintended incentive mechanisms. Our empirical analyses show that both previous health conditions and previous socioeconomic disadvantages were associated with a higher likelihood of being classified as occupationally disabled. To what extent these jobseekers actually had impairments that entailed reduced work capacity cannot be concluded from the available data, but our results indicate that also the goals set by the government may have influenced how the PES classified jobseekers. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3d1d883113be42baa9f65ad3aeef0c8f2023-09-03T00:34:19ZengStockholm University PressScandinavian Journal of Disability Research1501-74191745-30112018-02-01201374910.16993/sjdr.42484Factors Associated with Occupational Disability ClassificationNikolay Angelov0Marcus Eliason1Previous affiliation: Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy (IFAU), Uppsala, SE; and The Swedish National Audit Office, SE-114 90 Stockholm,Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy (IFAU), SE-751 20 UppsalaTo provide disabled people with the same opportunities to participate in working life as everyone else, certain measures, such as wage subsidies, compensating for a reduced work capacity, might be necessary. To ascertain that these measures are limited to the most needy a system that identifies the target group is required. The Swedish Public Employment Service’s (PES’) classification of occupational disability constitutes such a system. In this study we document how jobseekers’ demographic characteristics, socioeconomic position, and health-related conditions are associated with being classified as occupationally disabled by the PES, and how this classification might be distorted by unintended incentive mechanisms. Our empirical analyses show that both previous health conditions and previous socioeconomic disadvantages were associated with a higher likelihood of being classified as occupationally disabled. To what extent these jobseekers actually had impairments that entailed reduced work capacity cannot be concluded from the available data, but our results indicate that also the goals set by the government may have influenced how the PES classified jobseekers.https://www.sjdr.se/articles/42disabilitycodificationimpairmentjobseekersunemployment |
| spellingShingle | Nikolay Angelov Marcus Eliason Factors Associated with Occupational Disability Classification Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research disability codification impairment jobseekers unemployment |
| title | Factors Associated with Occupational Disability Classification |
| title_full | Factors Associated with Occupational Disability Classification |
| title_fullStr | Factors Associated with Occupational Disability Classification |
| title_full_unstemmed | Factors Associated with Occupational Disability Classification |
| title_short | Factors Associated with Occupational Disability Classification |
| title_sort | factors associated with occupational disability classification |
| topic | disability codification impairment jobseekers unemployment |
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