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Title Factors in studying employment for persons with disability : how the picture can change / edited by Barbara M. Altman.

Publication Info. Bingley, UK : Emerald Publishing, 2017.

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Series Research in social science and disability ; volume 10
Research in social science and disability ; v. 10.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Note Includes index.
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Subject People with disabilities -- Employment -- Research.
People with disabilities -- Employment.
Research.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Altman, Barbara, editor.
Other Form: Print version: Factors in studying employment for persons with disability. Bingley, UK : Emerald Publishing, 2017 1787146065 9781787146068 (OCoLC)983449982
ISBN 9781787146051 (electronic book)
1787146057 (electronic book)
9781787146068
1787146065