Mark Bryan - Unpacking trends in disability, health and employment in the UK, 2014-2022
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Author: Mark Bryan (Sheffield)
Abstract: The last decade has seen some dramatic changes in the working age population of the UK. Worsening health and an increase in the prevalence of disability have put pressure on the UK workforce. Despite this, employment rates have continued to rise, yet increasing levels of economic inactivity in the years since the pandemic are now a cause for concern. Using data from the Annual Population Survey 2014-22, we decompose the trends in the employment rates of disabled people, non-disabled people (and hence the disability employment gap) and working-age people overall. We focus on the impacts of changes in population health (using data on 17 separate health conditions and severity of impairment) and improvements in education.
Host: Nigel Rice (York)