Limits to vocational inclusion?: Disability and the social democratic conception of labour

Lillestø, Britt; Sandvin, Johans Tveit

doi:10.1080/15017419.2012.735203

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“…The main picture of lower participation in paid work for the disabled is consistent across studies (Kittelsaa, Wik, and Tøssebro 2015) and across countries (Bliksvaer and Hanssen 2006;Holland et al 2011;Lillestø and Sandvin 2014;Sainsbury and Coleman-Fountain 2013;Zaidi 2011). However, reported employment rates for disabled and nondisabled people also vary depending on how disability is operationalised (Molden and Tøssebro 2012), which types of data sets are used and how the questions measuring work status are formulated.…”

Section: Disability Education and Labour Market Participationmentioning

confidence: 59%

Disability, Labour Market Participation and the Effect of Educational Level: Compared to What?

Bliksvær

2018

Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research

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The aim of the article is to discuss the relationship between disability, educational level and employment, and to scrutinize how disability and education interact to impact employment -a link that has been observed in several studies. The article uses analyses of EU-SILC data to illustrate that conclusions about whether higher education reduces labour-market inequalities between disabled and non-disabled, depends in part on the analytical strategies used, which in turn are guided by implicit or explicit theoretical assumptions about the mechanisms regulating the relationship between education and employment opportunities. The article argues that the issue is more multifaceted than recognised by Nordic disability policy, which claims that higher education is the route to reducing inequalities and enhancing societal inclusion for disabled people.Keywords: Disability; living conditions; education; labour market participation; social inclusion Introduction Participation in the labour market through employment is regarded as one of the cornerstones of active citizenship for disabled people (Sainsbury and Coleman-Fountain 2013). In research and policy on disability and labour market participation, it is considered as established knowledge that educational level is one of the most important predictors of employment for persons with disabilities, and that it is therefore an effective way to improve disabled people's chances in the labour market and reduce the systematic differences in employment rates between disabled and nondisabled people. The question of which factors may increase disabled people's competitiveness in the labour market is of political as well as academic interest, particularly in economic downturns, when there is increasing unemployment and higher competition for jobs.The salience of education, and in particular 'higher education', is well documented in national (Kittelsaa, Wik, and Tøssebro 2015;Wik 2010;Molden, Wendelborg, and Tøssebro 2009;Grue and Finnvold 2014;Bliksvaer and Hanssen 2006;Finnvold 2013;Legard 2013;Bø and Håland 2015) as well as in international studies (Holland et al. 2011;Zaidi 2011;OECD 2003). Research has shown that education is the most important predictor of employment for disabled people, but has also found a statistical interaction in the relationship between disability, education and work propensity: educational level is substantially more important for the employment rate for disabled people than for non-disabled people. This effect is often found to be around twice as high for disabled compared to non-disabled (e.g. Kittelsaa et al. 2015;Tøssebro and Wik 2015), however estimates in different studies vary from 11 per cent (e.g. Bø and Håland 2015) to over 200 per cent higher (e.g. Bliksvaer and Hanssen 2006).Although there is ample documentation that educational level has a significant impact on both disabled and nondisabled people's employment rates, there is less clarity about the significance of the effect and what educational level that increases the likelihood of emp...

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Section: Disability Education and Labour Market Participationmentioning

confidence: 59%

Disability, Labour Market Participation and the Effect of Educational Level: Compared to What?

Bliksvær

2018

Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research

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“…Проведение «демаркационной линии» между трудоспособными, ответственными за собственное благополучие, и освобождёнными от обязанностей быть занятыми становится важной задачей социального обеспечения. Пользователи социальных программ превращаются в виновников, а администраторы -в соучастников [23,32].…”

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Social Provision of Disabled People in Welfare States: the Scope of Social Benefits and Anti-Crisis Regulation. Part 1

Kulagina

2021

Sociologicheskaja Nauka I Social'naja Praktika

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The article consists of two separate publications (Part 1 and Part 2) and analyses social security policy towards people with disability at working age in developed welfare states (social-democratic, conservative-corporatist and neoliberal regimes). Part 1 considers various approaches to reformation of state disability assistance aimed at overcoming “dependency culture” and increasing personal responsibility for wellbeing. The analysis is conveyed on the basis of international research as well as statistical data of the EU and OECD for the past 30 years. The article discusses the reasons for the growing assistance demand, the grounds for tightening the requirements for selection standards as well as the approaches to evaluation of disability. Institutional schemes of social welfare and participation conditions are accounted for. The author analyses the approaches to reducing poverty and inequality: redistribution of state expenditures within disability programmes and alternative support schemes offering people with disabilities a wide scope of social benefits based on research data and individual evaluation of health condition.

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“…Employment, as the dominant goal for welfare policies (cf. Lillestø & Sandvin 2014), was also identified when respondents described studying Swedish for immigrants. Those who have been granted asylum are eligible for financial assistance from Social Services when studying, however, only for level A to C, and not at the D-level that is a prerequisite for postsecondary education.…”

Section: Economic Issuesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Supported Education in a Swedish Context – Opportunities and Challenges for Developing Career-Oriented Support for Young Adults with Mental Health Problems

Lövgren

Hillborg

Bejerholm

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Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research

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Young adults experiencing mental health problems often need both individual support and educational accommodations to successfully complete their studies. Recent research also points to the need for careerrelated, educational services in a labor market that increasingly demands formal education or training.The aim of this study was to investigate the development of supported education services in Sweden, in relation to pursuing educational and vocational goals. Interviews were conducted with a broad sample of stakeholders who are currently developing supported education services, as well as young adults utilizing educational support.The results suggest a number of key factors for accommodating the needs of these students which include, in addition to basic academic, mental health and individual supports, attention to economic challenges, social contexts and improved mental health literacy for educational actors. The results additionally substantiate the relevance of educational supports to long-term vocational goals when providing employment support services.

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Limits to vocational inclusion?: Disability and the social democratic conception of labour

Cited by 15 publications

References 11 publications

Disability, Labour Market Participation and the Effect of Educational Level: Compared to What?

Disability, Labour Market Participation and the Effect of Educational Level: Compared to What?

Social Provision of Disabled People in Welfare States: the Scope of Social Benefits and Anti-Crisis Regulation. Part 1

Supported Education in a Swedish Context – Opportunities and Challenges for Developing Career-Oriented Support for Young Adults with Mental Health Problems

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