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Disability, Work and Inclusion

Mainstreaming in All Policies and Practices

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One in seven working-age adults identifies as having a disability in OECD countries, a share that is also substantial and growing among young people (8% in 2019). Many of them are excluded from meaningful work and have low levels of income and social engagement. This report documents the current labour market situation of people with disability, who continue to face large employment, unemployment and poverty gaps compared with people without disability. The report concludes that the goal set up some twenty years ago of making disability policies pro-active and employment-oriented has not been achieved. In particular, key areas of disability policy have received too little attention so far, such as policies to support young people with disability, improve the skills of people with disability, and intervene early in the course of a health problem or disability. The report calls for rigorous disability mainstreaming in all relevant policies and practices as the missing link to better labour market inclusion.

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Labour market inclusion of people with disability: Where are we now?

Using population survey data for a large number of OECD countries, this chapter presents a set of indicators to measure the social and labour market inclusion of people with disability and compare outcomes across countries and over time. Findings are mixed: while people with disability are more likely today to achieve a higher level of education, disability gaps in both employment and unemployment remain high and largely unchanged. Similarly, the high disability poverty gap has increased further, even though the large majority of people with disability who have no job receive some form of income support. Overall, these outcomes suggest that the current policy approach fails to generate highly needed improvements in the labour market position of people with disability.

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