The Earnings and Employment Outcomes of the 2005 Cohort of Canadian Postsecondary Graduates with Disabilities
Canada's fear of future skill and labor shortages has brought youth with disabilities to the forefront of public policy. Many universities are now reporting that an increased proportion of their graduating students identify as having a disability, and as a result, educational achievement‐based...
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Veröffentlicht in: | The Canadian review of sociology 2015-11, Vol.52 (4), p.343-376 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Canada's fear of future skill and labor shortages has brought youth with disabilities to the forefront of public policy. Many universities are now reporting that an increased proportion of their graduating students identify as having a disability, and as a result, educational achievement‐based programs designed to accommodate students’ needs are growing across campuses. Despite recent attention by policymakers on improving accessibility standards and increasing employer incentives, young Canadians with disabilities continue to face barriers in their transitions to the workforce. The nature and extent of the early workforce inequalities faced by postsecondary graduates with disabilities remains unclear. This paper draws on the 2005 cohort of Statistics Canada's National Graduates Survey to examine the early workforce outcomes of postsecondary graduates with disabilities. Contrary to theories of human capital, the results reveal significant earnings gaps between graduates with and without disabilities of various fields of study and levels of schooling. Further, graduates with a disability are even more disadvantaged in terms of securing employment, as they were significantly less likely to be employed full‐time, and were overrepresented among unemployed and part‐time workers across various fields of study and levels of postsecondary education.
La crainte de futures pénuries de compétences et de travail du Canada ont rassemblé des jeunes handicapés à l'avant‐garde de la politique publique. De nombreuses universités déclarent maintenant qu'une proportion accrue de leurs étudiants diplômés identifier comme ayant un handicap, et, par conséquent, les programmes basés sur la réussite scolaire conçues pour répondre aux besoins des étudiants sont de plus en plus dans les campus. Malgré la récente attention des décideurs politiques sur l'amélioration des normes d'accessibilité et d'accroître les incitations de l'employeur, les jeunes Canadiens handicapés continuent de rencontrer des obstacles dans leur transition vers le marché du travail. La nature et l'ampleur des inégalités en matière de main‐d’œuvre début rencontrées par les diplômés de niveau postsecondaire handicapées reste incertaine. Ce document se appuie sur la cohorte de 2005 d'Enquête nationale auprès des diplômés (END) pour examiner les résultats de la main‐d’œuvre début de diplômés handicapés de niveau postsecondaire. Contrairement aux théories du capital humain, les résultats révèlent écarts de rémunéra |
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ISSN: | 1755-6171 1755-618X |
DOI: | 10.1111/cars.12082 |