Disability and Employment in the Australian Labour Market

Abstract

This research endeavoured to examine two policy questions. The first is whether workers’ compensation schemes are currently carrying the full economic burden of work-related conditions. The second is to examine the socio-economic conditions of people with disabilities and the disincentives they face in the Australian labour market. An important distinction regarding work-related disabilities is between those disabilities “caused by” work and those which “impact on” work. The disabled population is analysed as a whole, and in closer detail with the examination of some specific sub-groups.