A Comparative Study on Social Policies for Disabled Labor Force between Indonesia and Australia

Abstract

Disabled labor force have the same rights and potential to contribute to economic activities regardless of their limitation and incapability. This paper is comparing the social security of disabled labor force between Indonesia and Australia. Indonesia is still a developing country with an archipelago form while Australia is one massive area with vast array of ecosystem. Both countries have strong diversity with many races live together. While in some aspects both of the countries might have some similarities, but as for welfare states, both are very different. This research involved eight disabled people in Jakarta. This research looks at whether the social class of disabled people also affecting their capabilities and social capital, thus also affecting their chances to enter the labour market. The findings show that digital economy duplicates the effect on social class, where it does not accessible for all social class of the disabled people and create a more significant gap between classes.