UNEMPLOYMENT OF HIGHLY EDUCATED DISABLED INDIVIDUALS IN ROMANIA

Daniela-Emanuela Danacica
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Daniela-Emanuela Danacica: FACULTY OF ECONOMICS, CONSTANTIN BRANCUSI UNIVERSITY OF TARGU-JIU, ROMANIA

Annals - Economy Series, 2023, vol. 1, 45-61

Abstract: The main objective of this research is to investigate whether the type of disability has a significant impact on the unemployment spells, exit destinations and (re)employment hazard of highly educated disabled individuals in Romania. The effect of other explanatory variables relevant to the study, such as the gender of disabled individuals, their age, education, academic specialization, region etc., on the unemployment spells, exit destinations and (re)employment hazard is analyzed too. Disabled individuals form a special social category, vulnerable and subject to the risk of social exclusion. The results offer the possibility to identify the most vulnerable among the vulnerable, i.e. the groups affected by the disabilities that raise the biggest problems regarding the insertion or reintegration on the labor market. The study highlights the discrimination against highly educated individuals affected by mental disabilities and is a mirror for the stigma they are affected by entering the labor market. The study emphasize the existence of a double or even multiple vulnerability too, determined by the presence of several elements that disadvantage the individual, such as the triad of mental disability - female - age over 40 years.

Keywords: disability; unemployed; exlusion; hazard; discrimination (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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