Disadvantaged Workers

Edited by Dario Sciulli () and Miguel Malo

in AIEL Series in Labour Economics from AIEL - Associazione Italiana Economisti del Lavoro

Abstract: This book includes empirical contributions focusing on disadvantaged workers. According to the European Commission’s definition, disadvantaged workers include categories of workers with difficulties entering the labour market without assistance and, hence, requiring the application of public measures aimed at improving their employment opportunities. In addition to the labour market perspective, this is also relevant in terms of social cohesion, which is one of the central objectives of the European Union and of its Member States. This work deals with the most relevant groups of disadvantaged workers, namely disabled workers, young workers, women living in depressed areas, migrants in the labour market and the long-term unemployed, and analyses the situation in the Italian, Spanish and some African labour markets. The determinants of disadvantage in the labour market are investigated, highlighting both the role of supply variables, including structural factors, and the weakness on the demand side, the role of the economic crisis, and the ineffectiveness of some labour policies. A complex framework emerges in which disadvantaged groups may share common problems, both in terms of integration into the labour market and in terms of working conditions, but often require group-specific policies, taking into account their intergroup heterogeneity.

Keywords: Disadvantaged workers; Econometric models; Labour market; Labour policy; Policy evaluation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
ISBN: 978-3-319-04375-3.
Note: Published by Physica-Verlag Heidelberg.
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 Introduction , pp 1-7

Dario Sciulli and Miguel Malo

Ch 2 Disability and Work: Empirical Evidence from Italy , pp 11-29

Tindara Addabbo, Jaya Krishnakumar and Elena Sarti

Ch 3 The Dynamics of Disability and Labour Force Participation in Italy , pp 31-48

Massimiliano Agovino, Giuliana Parodi and Dario Sciulli

Ch 4 Hiring Workers with Disabilities when a Quota Requirement Exists: The Relevance of Firm’s Size , pp 49-63

Miguel Malo and Ricardo Pagan Rodriguez

Ch 5 Sheltered Employment Centres and Labour Market Integration of People with Disabilities: A Quasi-Experimental Evaluation Using Spanish Data , pp 65-91

Begoña Cueto and Vanesa Rodriguez

Ch 6 Temporary Contracts and Young Workers’ Job Satisfaction in Italy , pp 95-120

Giovanni Bruno, Floro Caroleo and Orietta Dessy

Ch 7 Youth Unemployment: Key Determinants and the Impact of Crisis , pp 121-148

Giovanni Bruno, Misbah T. Choudhry, Enrico Marelli and Marcello Signorelli

Ch 8 Characteristics of Parents and the Unemployment Duration of their Offspring. Evidence from Italy , pp 149-179

Salvatore Farace, Fernanda Mazzotta and Lavinia Parisi

Ch 9 Youth Unemployment in Africa: New Evidence and Policies from Swaziland , pp 181-202

Zuzana Brixiová Schwidrowski and Thierry Kangoye

Ch 10 Understanding the Drivers of the Youth Labour Market in Kenia , pp 203-228

Verónica Escudero and Elva López Mourelo

Ch 11 Disadvantaged Workers in the Italian Labour Market: Gender and Regional Gaps , pp 231-256

Maurizio Baussola and Chiara Mussida

Ch 12 Can the Crisis be an Opportunity for Women? , pp 257-276

Emanuela Ghignoni and Alina Verashchagina

Ch 13 Differences between Spanish and Foreign Workers in the Duration of Workplace Accident Leave: A Stochastic Frontier Approach , pp 277-295

Ángel Martín-Román and Alfonso Moral

Ch 14 Duration of Joblessness and Long-term Unemployment: Is Duration as Long as Official Statistics Say? , pp 297-320

Jose Arranz and Carlos García-Serrano

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