1. Professor Melanie Jones (JonesM116@cardiff.ac.uk)
Disabled people’s experience of work: what is the evidence and what should we do about it? Closing Disability Gaps at Work British Academy, London, 13th December 2016
Professor Melanie Jones

3. Disabled people’s experience of work: what is the evidence?
To what extent is there evidence of disability gaps in the nature and experience of work?
Nationally representative survey data
Detailed information on person, job and (sometimes) their employer
Analysis is able to control for other characteristics to more accurately identify the influence of disability.

4. Differences in the nature of work?
Percentage of those in employment working part-time
Source: LFS 2015
Further information: Jones (2007)

5. Differences in the nature of work?
Percentage of those in employment in self-employment
Source: LFS 2015
Further information: Jones and Latreille (2011)

6. What about pay? The disability-related earnings gap
Average hourly pay
Source: LFS 2015
Further information: Jones et al., (2006)

7. and the experience of work? Disability-related gaps in job satisfaction
Average job satisfaction
Further information: Jones (2016)

8. and the experience of the recession?
Source: WERS 2011

9. Disabled people’s experience of work: what should we do about it?
National monitoring, tracking and analysis
Pay gap
Job satisfaction gap
Aggregate impact of changes in policy or practice
Better understanding of drivers
Measurement within organisations
Role of workplace policies and practice
Are there examples of good practice we could share?
Data sharing? Working with academics to monitor and understand this information.
Additional government policy objectives?

10. Professor Melanie Jones (JonesM116@cardiff.ac.uk)
Disabled people’s experience of work: what is the evidence and what should we do about it? Closing Disability Gaps at Work British Academy, London, 13th December 2016
Professor Melanie Jones