Motivation for work among non-working disabled people in Norway in a life course perspective

Wik, Sigrid Elise; Tøssebro, Jan

doi:10.1016/j.alter.2013.11.002

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“…Ali et al ; Brohan et al ; Luecking ; Nota et al ; Shier et al ; Vornholt et al ). More specifically, inequalities based on gender (Jones et al ); type of impairment (Wik and Tøssebro ; Unger ); education level and skills (Ali et al ; Boman et al ; Henry and Lucca ; Shier et al ); and age (Ali et al ; Henry and Lucca ; Vornholt et al ) are evident.…”

Section: Re‐framing Social Policies As Disability Equalitymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Disability research has been conducted on relevant individual countries (e.g. Boman et al ; Wik and Tøssebro ), but with few comparative studies (Halvorsen and Hvinden ; Holland et al ). We examine the labour market situation and policies in Nordic and Baltic countries, considering individual, country level and transnational factors that shed light on the issues raised so far.…”

Section: Re‐framing Social Policies As Disability Equalitymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Labour Market Integration and Equality for Disabled People: A Comparative Analysis of Nordic and Baltic Countries

Kuznetsova¹,

Yalcin

Priestley

2017

Soc Policy Adm

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This article considers the employment situation of disabled people, and disability policies, in three Nordic and three Baltic countries (Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania). The analysis is framed by a changing paradigm for disability policy‐making, from compensation towards human rights and in a context of multi‐level governance involving the EU and UN as significant policy actors. The analysis draws on policy analysis and European social survey data to compare outcomes for disabled people in each country and in binary comparison between Nordic and Baltic countries. This enables interactions between individual and regional block factors to be modelled. We conclude that national policies make a difference, that non‐discrimination policies are not enough and that a focused mix of regulatory and redistributive measures is needed. The findings highlight better employment and social protection outcomes for disabled people in the Nordic countries, but point to policy challenges in both blocks. National processes of (de)commodification and stratification affect disabled people differently and this may disrupt our assumptions about welfare state comparisons.

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Section: Re‐framing Social Policies As Disability Equalitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Re‐framing Social Policies As Disability Equalitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Labour Market Integration and Equality for Disabled People: A Comparative Analysis of Nordic and Baltic Countries

Kuznetsova¹,

Yalcin

Priestley

2017

Soc Policy Adm

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“…To understand the factors that influence individuals in and out of the labour market, we must ask how these processes operate in practice and why some disabled people are more often employed than others (Svanlund & Hansen 2013;Wik & Tøssebro 2014). Reduced work ability is the outcome of insufficient health to carry out job demands, and the role of employers to adjust job demands has been emphasised in previous research (Anvik 2006;Ramakrishnan, Mazlan, Julia & Latif 2011;Fekete, Wahrendorf, Reinhardt, Post & Siegrist 2014).…”

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confidence: 99%

Employment after Spinal Cord Injury in Norway: A Cross-Sectional Survey

Solheim¹,

Leiulfsrud

2018

Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research

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Two research questions are addressed: 1) What predicts employment among persons with spinal cord injury (SCI) in Norway? 2) How do the employed compare with the non-employed in their job motivation, labour discrimination, quality of life, everyday coping, health and pain suffering? We use a cross-sectional survey from 2012. With a 51% response rate, 320 Norwegians aged 21-66 years with SCI participated. After injury, 69.5% were employed, and 44.5% remained employed at the time of the interview. There was no gender difference in employment. Among men and women, age at onset of SCI, ability to continue working in the same organisation and education was associated with employment. For men paraplegia and vocational rehabilitation were also significant. Occupational class was non-significant among both men and women. Job motivation and work ability could have affected past employment, and both the employed and non-employed supported the statement that employers discriminate against wheelchair users.

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“…Researchers believe that quota-based jobs cannot improve the employment rate for people with disabilities; employers should be encouraged to accept them, and offer wage subsidies and adapted working environment (Agovino et al, 2019;Oborenko & Rivza, 2018;Shabunova & Fakhradova, 2016;Samper & Fernández, 2017;Sainsbury, 2018). Some studies prove that a well-developed social security system and substantial state payments for persons with disabilities have a deterrent effect on improving employment rates (Mussida & Sciulli, 2016;Wik & Tøssebro, 2014). Some studies are aimed to find effective mechanisms to promote the employment of disabled people.…”

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confidence: 99%