The Economics of Inclusion
Fiscal analysis, policy research, and expert perspectives on the economic case for work inclusion.
Fiscal Case
Business Case
Social Return on Investment
Labour Market
Policy & Incentives
Cost of Exclusion
Fiscal Case
All pieces (9) →Business Case
All pieces (8) →Working from Home Boosted Growth by Expanding Disability Employment
CEPR VoxEU policy column by Nicholas Bloom et al.: flexible work functions as a structural accommodation, expanding the effective labour supply of disabled workers without wage cost to firms.
Labour Market
All pieces (15) →The Disability Employment Gap in the EU: Causes and Remedies
European Commission analysis of the 24 percentage-point employment gap between disabled and non-disabled workers across EU-27, with evidence-based policy recommendations.
Policy & Incentives
All pieces (14) →Divergent Paths: Minimum Wage Increases and Workers with Disabilities
Large minimum wage increases significantly reduce employment and labour force participation for individuals with severe disabilities, raising concerns that inclusivity-framed wage policies can have unintended exclusionary effects.
Social Return on Investment
All pieces (4) →Cost of Exclusion
All pieces (10) →Ageing Workforce and Disability Inclusion: An Economic Imperative
OECD analysis of how rising workforce disability rates from ageing populations make inclusion not optional but structurally necessary for EU labour force sufficiency and pension sustainability.