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Melanie Jones

Cardiff University, UK, and IZA, Germany

IZA World of Labor role

Author

Current position

Professor of Economics, Cardiff University

Research interest

Labor economics, economics of disability

Website

https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/people/view/609410-jones-melanie

Qualifications

PhD Economics, Swansea University, 2007

Selected publications

  • “Inequality and the economic cycle: Disabled employees’ experience of work during the Great Recession in Britain.” British Journal of Industrial Relations (Forthcoming) (with K. Hoque, V. Wass, and N. Bacon).

  • “Estimating the impact of disability onset on employment.” Social Science and Medicine 255 (2020) (with D. McVicar).

  • “The dynamic effect of disability on work and subjective well-being in Australia.” Oxford Economic Papers 70:3 (2018): 635–657 (with K. Mavromaras, P. Sloane, and Z. Wei).

  • “The dynamics of disability and work in Britain.” The Manchester School 86:3 (2018): 279–307 (with R. Davies and S. Drinkwater).

  • “Disability and perceptions of work and management.” British Journal of Industrial Relations 54:1 (2016): 83–113.

article(s)

  • Disability and labor market outcomes Updated

    Disability is associated with labor market disadvantage; evidence points to this being a causal relationship

    Melanie Jones, March 2021
    In Europe, about one in eight people of working age report having a disability; that is, a long-term limiting health condition. Despite the introduction of a range of legislative and policy initiatives designed to eliminate discrimination and facilitate retention of and entry into work, disability is associated with substantial and enduring labor market disadvantage in many countries. Identifying the reasons for this is complex, but critical to determine effective policy solutions that reduce the extent, and social and economic costs, of disability-related disadvantage.
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