Investigators at University of Melbourne Report Findings in COVID-19 (Disability and Work In a Health and Economic Crisis: Mitigating the Risk of Long-term Labour Market Exclusion for Australians With Disability Through Policy Coordination): Coronavirus – COVID-19

2023 APR 20 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at CDC & FDA Daily -- Researchers detail new data in Coronavirus - COVID-19. According to news originating from Carlton, Australia, by NewsRx correspondents, research stated, “Labour markets around the world are experiencing extraordinary disruption during the COVID-19 pandemic. The gap in the employment rate between Australians with and without disability is likely to widen, given the entrenched disadvantage of people with disability in the job market.”

Financial supporters for this research include Melbourne Disability Institute at the University of Melbourne, Australian Research Council, Disability Innovation Institute at UNSW.

Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from the University of Melbourne, “For many, it will compound existing health and economic vulnerabilities. This scenario is troubling from both a human rights and an economic perspective. In this paper, we examine the interface of two policy instruments intended to improve the prospects of people with disability finding and keeping employment in Australia - Disability Employment Services and the National Disability Insurance Scheme - in the lead up to and in the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. Findings from three studies conducted between 2018 and 2020 reveal these instruments are not mutually reinforcing.”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “With a 10-year National Disability Employment Strategy (NDES) in development under federal government oversight, we argue that more concerted and targeted effort from these services and broader public policies and programs is needed to ensure Australians with disability are not sidelined in the labour market in the wake of the pandemic.”

This research has been peer-reviewed.

For more information on this research see: Disability and Work In a Health and Economic Crisis: Mitigating the Risk of Long-term Labour Market Exclusion for Australians With Disability Through Policy Coordination. Australian Journal of Public Administration, 2022;81(1):163-180. Australian Journal of Public Administration can be contacted at: Wiley, 111 River St, Hoboken 07030-5774, NJ, USA. (Wiley-Blackwell - http://www.wiley.com/; Australian Journal of Public Administration - http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1467-8500)

The news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained from Sue Olney, University of Melbourne, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, 207 Bouverie St, Carlton, Vic 3053, Australia. Additional authors for this research include Alexandra Devine, Pan Karanikolas, Stefanie Dimov, Georgia Katsikis and Jennifer Malbon.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8500.12500. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

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