Exploring factors affecting the disability pay gap

探讨影响伤残工资差距的因素

• 批准号: ES/Z50242X/1
• 负责人: Daniel Derbyshire
• 金额: $ 18.41万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF EXETER
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Fellowship
• 财政年份: 2024
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2024 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FZ50242X%2F1
• 关键词: Exploring; factors; affecting; disability; pay

In the first quarter of 2023, it was reported that the UK had approximately 9.5 million Disabled individuals aged 16-64, constituting 23% of the working-age population. This demographic faces significant societal barriers, resulting in disparities in employment and earnings, leading to a disability employment gap and a disability pay gap. A disability employment gap and disability pay gap are both persistent features of the UK and global labour markets. While the former has been well-documented, the latter is gaining attention in policy discussions, with calls for mandatory disability pay gap reporting. The disability pay gap refers to the disparity in median hourly pay between these Disabled and non-Disabled people. The pay gap varies by gender and is influenced by factors like ethnicity and the type of impairment. The pay gap is particularly concerning since Disabled people typically face higher living costs than non-Disabled people (e.g. higher travel or energy costs).The primary data source for earnings analysis in the UK is the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE), which is a 1% sample of His Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) Pay-As-You-Earn (PAYE) records. However, ASHE has limitations in terms of demographic information - it only contains age and gender - since it is reported by employers. The new ASHE-2011 Census linked dataset offers a more comprehensive range of personal characteristics and opens up the possibility of novel analysis, including on the basis of disability status. This fellowship would seek to utilise this newly available information connected to ASHE to perform earnings analysis on the disability pay gap.This research project aims to delve into various aspects of the disability pay gap, including intersectional variation, regional disparities, and the underlying drivers. In particular, this fellowship would consist of four work packages. Work Package 1 would focus on intersectional differences in the disability pay gap by gender and ethnicity. Work Package 2 would investigate the extent of regional differences in the disability pay gap and factors associated with larger disability pay gaps. Work Package 3 would focus on the extent to which the disability pay gap can be explained by other demographic differences between Disabled and non-Disabled people (e.g. the fact that there is a proportion of Disabled women than Disabled men). Finally, Work Package 4 would investigate the feasibility of using disability status with the ASHE-2011 Census in years other than the 2011 link year, since a person's disability status may change from one year to the next.By working directly with Disability Rights UK, a leading Disabled People's Organisation, the findings of the project would be disseminated to appropriate policymakers with an interest in disability employment issues. As such, this fellowship has the potential to increase our understanding of the disability pay gap and how it varies across the country including any regional, gender or ethnic variation. This would in turn shed light on a persistent economic inequality that potentially affects nearly one in four of the working age population.

据报道，在2023年第一季度，英国大约有950万名16-64岁的残疾人，占工作年龄人口的23％。该人群面临着重大的社会障碍，导致就业和收入差异，导致残疾就业差距和残疾薪水差距。残疾就业差距和残疾薪酬差距既是英国的持久特征，又是全球劳动力市场的特征。尽管前者有充分的文献记录，但后者在政策讨论中引起了人们的关注，并呼吁强制性残疾薪酬差距报告。残疾工资差距是指这些残障人士和无障碍人士之间的中间工资中位数差异。薪酬差距因性别而异，受种族和损害类型等因素的影响。薪酬差距尤其令人担忧，因为残疾人通常面临的生活成本高于非残疾人（例如，旅行或能源成本更高）。英国收益分析的主要数据源是每年的时间和收入调查（ASHE），这是His下的收入和海关（HMRC）付费收入（HMRC）的1％样本。但是，ASHE在人口统计学信息方面有局限性 - 仅包含年龄和性别，因为雇主报告了它。新的ASHE-2011人口普查链接数据集提供了更全面的个人特征，并打开了新颖分析的可能性，包括基于残疾状况。该奖学金将旨在利用与ASHE相关的新可用信息来对残疾薪水差距进行收益分析。该研究项目旨在研究残疾薪酬差距的各个方面，包括交叉变化，区域差异，区域差异和基础驱动因素。特别是，该奖学金将由四个工作包组成。工作包1将重点介绍性别和种族的残疾薪酬差距的交叉差异。工作包2将研究残疾薪酬差距的区域差异的程度以及与较大的残疾薪酬差距相关的因素。工作包3将重点介绍残疾人薪差距可以通过残疾人和非贫困人口之间的其他人口统计学差异来解释的程度（例如，残疾女性比残疾男性有一定比例的事实）。最后，工作包4将调查在2011年链接年度以外的几年中使用ASHE-2011人口普查的残疾状况的可行性，因为一个人的残疾状况可能会从一年到下一年变化。直接与领先的残疾人组织的残疾人权利英国合作，该项目的发现将使该项目的发现遭到对不适合使用不良问题的兴趣的适当政策制定者。因此，该奖学金有可能提高我们对残疾薪酬差距的理解及其在全国各地的变化，包括任何区域，性别或种族差异。反过来，这将揭示出持续的经济不平等，可能会影响近四分之一的工作年龄人口。