Regional Performance Trends in Providing Employment for Persons with Disabilities: Evidence from Italy

Rapposelli, Agnese

doi:10.1007/s11205-015-1186-0

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“…Another interpretation of dendrograms is related to determining the optimal number of clusters. This can be done on the basis of a matrix of similarities (differences) between regions according to specified characteristics (indicators, parameters), which allows us to calculate clustering efficiency indices (for example, the Caliński-Harabasz index [32,33]). In addition, it is possible to make a comparison with a geographical map (preference is given to the option in which the regions within each cluster are neighbors [34]) or to conduct a visual analysis of the dendrogram.…”

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“…One of the most common ways to verify the results of grouping regions is associated with determining the optimal number of clusters using an alternative algorithm. This point of view is shared by many researchers in the field of regional analysis [32,34,36,39,[41][42][43][44][45][46]. However, the algorithms they use cannot be called "alternative".…”

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Dendrograms in Regional Socio-Economic Analysis: Interpretation and Verification

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2021

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Interest in regional socio-economic analysis has grown in the last decade. Various tools are used to visualize its results. One of them is the dendrogram. However, there is no generalization of the experience of using dendrograms to display the sequence of combining regions into socio-economic clusters in world science. Therefore, the goal of our study was to generalize such experience with an emphasis on the interpretation and verification of dendrograms. Based on eight bibliographic databases using a special semantic search algorithm, more than eighty journal articles published around the world in the last two decades have been identified. These articles contain one hundred and thirty dendrograms. Their analysis showed that the main purpose of tree diagrams is to fix the sequence of combining regions into clusters and to substantiate the number of clusters. Two new types of interpretation of dendrograms are proposed -the allocation of nuclei in clusters and the determination of the level of socio-economic cohesion of clusters. To test the validity of determining the number of clusters, the author's algorithm for identifying the optimal clustering option is proposed, based on the idea of the complexity of the tree in graph theory. The ten main problems of visualizing the results of regional socio-economic analysis using dendrograms are listed.

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Dendrograms in Regional Socio-Economic Analysis: Interpretation and Verification

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2021

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“…The studies regarding workers with disabilities are dominated by cross-sectional research (only 22.2% are longitudinal studies). Longitudinal studies through quantitative or qualitative methods are useful to research PwD unemployment duration (Agovino & Rapposelli, 2017) or wage differentials (Malo & Pagan, 2012), among other labor issues.…”

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“…Some European studies used longitudinal data to analyze the effect of disability onset on life satisfaction for German individuals in different domains such as health or jobs that influence the levels of well-being of PwD (Pagan-Rodriguez, 2012). Besides, trends in the provision of employment of PwD were examined, exploring the differences between the Italian regions (Agovino & Rapposelli, 2017).…”

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Trends and opportunities in research on disability and work: An interdisciplinary perspective

Jurado-Caraballo

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Rodríguez‐Fernández

2020

BRQ Business Research Quarterly

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This study aims to analyze status, trends, and possible future research areas in the literature on “disability and work.” It is an in-depth analysis of articles related to this field, published during 1991–2017, in journals included in the Science and Social Sciences Citation Index. Bibliometric methods helped to describe evolution in publications, the most representative contributors, methods applied, main concepts and theories, and topics explored (content analysis). A co-word analysis allowed to create knowledge maps on topics and identify potential venues for future research. The contribution is threefold. First, it contributes to knowledge advancement concerning disability in workplaces, opening new possibilities to discover important research areas. Second, it offers conceptual, theoretical, and methodological suggestions for future research. Third, it has practical implications related to inclusive strategies and initiatives in the workplace which human resource practitioners can use to promote the participation of workers with disabilities improving their labor experience. JEL CLASSIFICATION M14; J71; J140; I14

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“…Regional Laws can also regulate a claim to assistive technology at the workplace. The Southern Tirolian Law on Participation and Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities for instance sets out that the region subsidises the extra costs of buying necessary work equipment for employees with disabilities [58].…”

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Inclusion of Workers with Disabilities in Production 4.0: Legal Foundations in Europe and Potentials Through Worker Assistance Systems

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The inclusion of employees with disabilities in production is an issue that has rarely been addressed by scientists from the manufacturing sector. In this article, we examine to what extent the trend towards Industry 4.0 offers potential for the inclusion of people with disabilities in Production 4.0. First, we examine relevant legal foundations and restrictions in Europe and in more detail in Austria, Italy, and Norway. Next, based on a literature review, we examine which technological aids in the form of worker assistance systems derived from Industry 4.0 can make jobs in the manufacturing sector accessible for people with disabilities. Three types of assistance systems have been examined: sensorial aid systems, physical aid systems, and cognitive aid systems. In a concluding discussion of the results, we finally summarize the implications on management and policies as well as the potential and limitations of identified worker assistance technologies. On the one hand, the study is intended to draw the attention of researchers and industrial companies to new technological possibilities for the inclusion of people with disabilities in production. On the other hand, difficulties and grievances due to the legal foundations are pointed out to stimulate a critical discussion here as well.

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Regional Performance Trends in Providing Employment for Persons with Disabilities: Evidence from Italy

Cited by 18 publications

References 35 publications

Dendrograms in Regional Socio-Economic Analysis: Interpretation and Verification

Dendrograms in Regional Socio-Economic Analysis: Interpretation and Verification

Trends and opportunities in research on disability and work: An interdisciplinary perspective

Inclusion of Workers with Disabilities in Production 4.0: Legal Foundations in Europe and Potentials Through Worker Assistance Systems

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