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The UK has 2.6 million men and women of working age out-of-work on disability benefits, far more than the number on unemployment benefits even in the wake of recession. While not unique in this respect, the 7% of the working age population out-of-work on disability benefits places the UK well towards the upper end of the range in Europe (Kemp, 2006).
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Beatty, C., Fothergill, S. (2013). Disability Benefits in the UK: An Issue of Health or Jobs?. In: Lindsay, C., Houston, D. (eds) Disability Benefits, Welfare Reform and Employment Policy. Work and Welfare in Europe. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137314277_2
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