Abstract
BACKGROUND: In previous research across a variety of disciplines, job quality is a concept used to assess inequality in employment. Little attention has been paid to examining job quality for workers with disabilities. OBJECTIVE: This article seeks to expand upon existing measures of employment outcomes for people with disabilities by examining likelihood of having a good quality job compared to workers with no disability. METHODS: Using the 2014-2016 Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement (CPS-ASEC), we estimate the prevalence of good quality jobs for workers with and without disabilities, by full- or part-time employment status. A job of good quality is defined as one that pays more than median wages, offers employer-sponsored health insurance and a retirement savings program. RESULTS: Workers with a disability were significantly less likely to have a good quality job than those without a disability. Using logistic regression to estimate the odds of having a good job, we find that disability is not predictive of having a good job after controlling for health status. CONCLUSIONS: Job quality indicators may be useful components in tracking employment participation for workers with disabilities. Alternate measures using subjective assessments of job quality should be explored.