Title: Disability and labour force participation in a developing country: evidence from Turkish males

Authors: Burcu Duzgun Oncel; Deniz Karaoglan

Addresses: Department of Economics, Marmara University, Goztepe Campus, Office118, Kadikoy 34722, Istanbul, Turkey ' Gebze Technical University, 41400 Gebze/Kocaeli, Turkey

Abstract: This paper examines the influence of disability on labour force participation of males aged between 25 and 64 according to socio-economic background by using the 2012 Turkish Health Survey (THS). We define disability as an impairment of long-term health conditions that lasts more than six months which restricts individual in daily activities and categorise individuals as non-disabled, disabled with no limitations, disabled with some limitations and disabled with severe limitations. We observe that probability of being out of labour force is greater for disabled individuals at every age and low educated individuals experience more disabilities. Both probit and propensity score matching (PSM) results indicate negative association between severe levels of disability and labour force participation.

Keywords: disability; labour force participation; probit; propensity score matching; PSM; Turkey.

DOI: 10.1504/GBER.2020.106245

Global Business and Economics Review, 2020 Vol.22 No.3, pp.270 - 288

Received: 28 Feb 2018
Accepted: 07 May 2018
Published online: 02 Apr 2020 *

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