The disability pay gap in the UK: What is the role of the public sector?

Jones, Melanie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0535-8090 2024. The disability pay gap in the UK: What is the role of the public sector? Labour Economics 91 , 102642. 10.1016/j.labeco.2024.102642

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Abstract

Using data from the UK Quarterly Labour Force Survey we provide the first evidence on variation in the disability pay gap between the public and private sector. Decomposing the disability pay gap at the mean we find evidence of a sizable unexplained pay gap in both sectors, but this is narrower in the public relative to the private sector, consistent with greater pay equality in the public sector. The unexplained disability pay gap increases across the pay distribution particularly in the private sector, suggesting a ‘glass ceiling’. As such, our evidence suggests the public sector provides relative protection for disabled employees, especially at the top end of the wage distribution. This appears to be driven by the influence for females.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Business (Including Economics)
Publisher:	Elsevier
ISSN:	0927-5371
Funders:	ESRC
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	21 October 2024
Date of Acceptance:	16 October 2024
Last Modified:	11 Nov 2024 14:45
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/172970

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