Social Exclusion and Labor Market Integration of People with Disabilities. A Case Study for Romania

Felicia Ramona Birau, Daniela-Emanuela Dănăcică and Cristi Spulbar ()
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Felicia Ramona Birau: Faculty of Social Science, University of Craiova, 200585 Craiova, Romania
Daniela-Emanuela Dănăcică: Faculty of Economics, Constantin Brâncuși University of Târgu-Jiu, 210135 Târgu-Jiu, Romania

Sustainability, 2019, vol. 11, issue 18, 1-15

Abstract: This empirical study contributes towards identifying the effect of social exclusion on labor market integration of people with disabilities in Romania. Certain categories of individuals with disabilities have longer unemployment duration than others and this empirical study is focused on identifying which variables have a significant influence on exit to job hazard on Romanian labor market. The significant gap between employees without disabilities and employees with disabilities in the Romanian labor market can be explain based on certain influential factors such as: Lower productivity levels, higher training costs, differentiated work schedules, special demands, higher risk of work injuries and work-related accidents, etc. The findings reveal the lack of statistical significance for the differences between median survival time and hazard rates of disabled individuals, a function of their disability. Moreover, our results show that only an age and unemployment allowance has had a significant effect on unemployment duration and exit to a job hazard of educated individuals with disabilities.

Keywords: employees with disabilities; labor market insertion; vulnerable groups; unemployment rate; unemployed; social exclusion (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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