ERIC Number: EJ1280550
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020
Pages: 15
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-1363-9080
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More than Just Lower Wages: Intrinsic Job Quality for College Graduates with Disabilities
Henly, Megan; Brucker, Debra L.
Journal of Education and Work, v33 n5-6 p410-424 2020
Americans with a disability are substantially less likely to be employed than those without a disability. Among those with a disability who are employed, additional layers of inequality have been established, including wage differences and access to benefits. Education is generally viewed as a pathway to professional work with good wages, benefits, and work conditions. In this paper, we utilise data from the 2017 National Survey of College Graduates, a nationally-representative sample of college graduates in the United States, to examine job quality between workers with and without a disability (n = 64,998 between ages 20-64). In addition to economic characteristics where we observe a median wage gap of $6,400 USD by disability status among full-time workers, this paper examines intrinsic qualities of work: autonomy, powerfulness, self-fulfilment, and meaningfulness of work. While college graduates generally rank high on intrinsic work quality (75% or more possess each of these qualities regardless of disability), on three of these four measures, full-time workers with a college degree and a disability scored significantly lower than their counterparts with no disability. We also consider individual-level preferences for job attributes and, after controlling for demographic characteristics, found that differences in intrinsic job quality by disability status remain.
Descriptors: Salary Wage Differentials, Job Satisfaction, College Graduates, Educational Attainment, Disabilities, Employee Attitudes, Adults, Employment Level, Responsibility, Quality of Working Life, Fringe Benefits, Professional Autonomy, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Value Judgment, Correlation
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
Sponsor: National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) (DHHS/ACL)
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Grant or Contract Numbers: 9ORT50370200