Analysis of Wage and Total Compensation Gaps by Disability Measure

About this Project

Analysis of Wage and Total
Compensation Gaps by Disability Measure

In this study, several comprehensive national demographic surveys are linked by occupation to rich occupation-level data on benefits to construct a careful measure of total compensation. These are used to explore the pay gaps between workers with disabilities and their non-disabled peers. Considerable heterogeneity is found in these estimated gaps by measures of pay, definition of disability and data source used.

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Institute for Compensation Studies, ILR School

Findings

Research Brief

While the disparity in wage and salary income between workers with and without disabilities is well documented in the literature, less is known about the gap in total compensation. Health insurance, mandated benefits, and days of leave for vacation or illness are examples of the additional forms of compensation that comprise roughly 30 percent of total hourly compensation costs by firms for workers.

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Research Brief

Workspan Articles

Compensation Data and Individuals with Disabilties

The Wage Gap vs. the Total Compensation Gap

Titles as Compensation

Pay Mix and Insurance Changes

 

Project Information

This state of the science conference and research is funded to Cornell University by the U.S. Department of Education National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR) for a Rehabilitation Research and Training Center (RRTC) on Employer Practices Related to Employment Outcomes among Individuals with Disabilities (grant #H133B100017). The contents of this conference do not necessarily represent the policy of the Department of Education, and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government (Edgar, 75.620 (b)).

Partners:

Cornell University's Employment and Disability Institute (EDI), Cornell University's Institute for Compensation Studies (ICS), Cornell University's Center for Advanced Human Resource Studies (CAHRS), The Conference Board (TCB), Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), Disability Management Employers' Coalition (DMEC), Office of Disability & Employment Policy's National Technical Assistance, Policy, and Research Center for Employers at Cornell University, ILR School's Human Capital Development (HCD)

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