BEATTY, Christina (2009). A gendered theory of employment, unemployment and sickness. Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy, 27 (6), 958-974.
Abstract
The high level of receipt of disability benefits in the UK was until the 1990s a problem
predominantly affecting men. However, the number of women claimingö1.1 millionöis now on a
similar scale. The decline of heavy industry produced large numbers of men with ill health and limited
alternative employment prospects who claimed disability benefits. However, this explanation is
problematic for women, who have seen an expansion in employment. We set out a framework that
reconciles the central importance of the level of labour demand in explaining worklessness with the
paradoxical simultaneous rise of women's employment and receipt of disability benefits. Women
claiming disability benefits are overwhelmingly located alongside male claimants in areas where heavy
industry has declined, pointing towards linkages between the `male' and `female' sides of the labour
market. Additionally, there may be raised knowledge and local acceptance of disability benefits in
these locations.
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