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1 online resource |
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Research in social science and disability ; volume 10 |
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Research in social science and disability ; v. 10
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| Contents |
Front Cover; Factors in Studying Employment for Persons with Disability: How the Picture can Change; Copyright Page; Contents; Introduction: Employment and Persons with Disabilities; References; Part 1 Relationship of Gender and Other Sociodemographics to Work Role; Chapter 1 Employment Outcomes among Men and Women with Disabilities: How the Intersection of Gender and Disability Status Shapes Labor Market Inequality; Introduction; Gender, Disability, and Work; Intersectionality; The Double Disadvantage of Gender and Disability; The Gendered Effects of Disability; Data, Methods, and Measures |
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ResultsEmployment; Earnings; Discussion and Conclusion; Notes; References; Chapter 2 Who Got Earned Income? Health and Other Barriers to Employment for Young Millennials in Hud-Assisted and Other Rental Housing; Introduction; Overview of HUD's Assisted Housing Programs; Methodology; The Data; Findings; Demographic Profile; Earned Income; Location and Earned Income; Health/Disability and Earned Income; Health/Disability, Welfare and Earned Income; Children Under Age 5 and Earned Income; Disabled Children and Earned Income; Car Ownership; SNAP (food stamp) Benefits |
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Characteristics of Young Adults in HUD-assisted Housing Who Reported Less than Good Health or Specific DisabilityPredictors of Receipt of Earned Income for Young Adults in Assisted and Other Rental Housing; Predictors of Receipt of Earned Income for Young Adults Who Reported Less than Good Health or Specific Disability in Both Assisted and Other Rental Housing; Discussion; Notes; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 3 To What Extent does Disability Discourage from Going on the Job Market? Evidence from Italy; Introduction; Conceptual framework; Literature Review and Aim of Our Study |
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Legislation on Disability in ItalyData Source; Methodology; Descriptive Evidence; Disability and Employment; Estimation Results; The Probit Regression Model; Results for the sub-sample of disabled people; A Sequential Logit Model for the Working Conditions; Comparison Between Multinomial and Sequential Logit Models; Conclusions and Avenues for Future Research; Notes; References; Appendix: Important questions and answer categories of the ISTAT survey; Part 2 Disability Inclusion Strategies and Interventions |
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Chapter 4 The Complexity of Disability Inclusion in The Workplace: A South African StudyIntroduction; Methodology; Lewin's Change Model; Defining Disability; The Netcare Case; Unfreezing; 1st step: Attempt to Understand the Challenges Limiting Employment of Persons with Disabilities at Netcare; Transforming; Strategies Employed to Bridge Identified Gaps: Netcare's Integrated Approach; Monitoring and Evaluation; Refreezing; The Outcome of the Integrated Strategy; Types of Disabilities; Discussion of Issues Arising from the Case; The Question of Intersectionality |
| Summary |
This collection examines less frequently anaylzed aspects of employment for persons with disabilities, offering a variety of approaches to the conceptualization of work, and how it differs across cultures, organizations, and types of disability |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (Ebsco, viewed September 21, 2017) |
| Subject |
People with disabilities -- Employment -- Research
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Coping with disability.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Labor.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Labor & Industrial Relations.
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People with disabilities
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Work environment
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Altman, Barbara, editor
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| ISBN |
9781787146051 |
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1787146057 |
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9781787149922 |
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1787149927 |
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