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The Economic Impact of Employing Disabled Persons: Macro and Micro Perspectives

In: The Palgrave Handbook of Disability at Work

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  • Mark E. Moore

    (East Carolina University)

  • Lana L. Huberty

    (Concordia University, St. Paul)

Abstract

For an employee, a physical or mental impairment can result in attrition from the workplace, causing economic loss and a change to employment/career goals: employers incur costs of developing others to replace the attritional worker or experiencing workplace accommodation cost from retaining the employee. In either case, disability can have a significant economic impact on work organizations. People with disabilities have low rates of participation in the labour force, incurring unemployed rates of 13 per cent or higher. When in work, their talents are frequently mismatched with the job specifications, deeming them overqualified. Underemployment is another economic impact indicator that has opportunity costs for the employee and employer. Employees experience financial loss because of not being fully remunerated for their talents, and the skill mismatching inhibits work organizations from maximizing profitability. This chapter focuses on economic impact of disability from macro (work organizations) and micro (individual with a disability) perspectives.

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  • Mark E. Moore & Lana L. Huberty, 2020. "The Economic Impact of Employing Disabled Persons: Macro and Micro Perspectives," Springer Books, in: Sandra L. Fielden & Mark E. Moore & Gemma L. Bend (ed.), The Palgrave Handbook of Disability at Work, edition 1, chapter 29, pages 505-519, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-030-42966-9_29
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-42966-9_29
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