Sheltered Employment for People with Disabilities: An International Appraisal with Illustrations from The Spanish Case

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Journal	RIVISTA INTERNAZIONALE DI SCIENZE SOCIALI
Issue	RIVISTA INTERNAZIONALE DI SCIENZE SOCIALI - 2022 - 2. A Special Issue on “Economics of Disability”
Title	Sheltered Employment for People with Disabilities: An International Appraisal with Illustrations from The Spanish Case
Authors	Miguel A. Malo, Vanesa Rodríguez
Publisher	Vita e Pensiero
Format	Article \| Pdf
Online da	06-2022
Doi	10.26350/000518_000093
Issn	0035-676X (print) \| 1827-7918 (digital)

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This article presents an updated review of the employment policy of sheltered employment for people with disabilities. We review the international literature, focusing on the European Union and especially on Spain, because of the great importance of sheltered employment centres in this country. Studies have increasingly questioned sheltered employment’s ability to promote labour market integration, mainly compared with supported employment. However, we lack clear causal evidence, as these arguments are largely based on descriptive evidence. In addition, sheltered employment centres have shifted to focus on people with physical disabilities rather than those with mental and cognitive disabilities, which was the predominant focus until the 2000s. keywords Disability, Sheltered employment centre, Integration, European Union, Spain. Authors biography Miguel Á. Malo, University of Salamanca, Spain. Author for correspondence: Email:malo@usal.es. Vanesa Rodríguez, University of Oviedo, Spain. Email: rodriguezvanesa@uniovi.es.

Description

This article presents an updated review of the employment policy of sheltered employment for people with disabilities. We review the international literature, focusing on the European Union and especially on Spain, because of the great importance of sheltered employment centres in this country. Studies have increasingly questioned sheltered employment’s ability to promote labour market integration, mainly compared with supported employment. However, we lack clear causal evidence, as these arguments are largely based on descriptive evidence. In addition, sheltered employment centres have shifted to focus on people with physical disabilities rather than those with mental and cognitive disabilities, which was the predominant focus until the 2000s.

keywords

Disability, Sheltered employment centre, Integration, European Union, Spain.

Authors biography

Miguel Á. Malo, University of Salamanca, Spain. Author for correspondence: Email:malo@usal.es.
Vanesa Rodríguez, University of Oviedo, Spain. Email: rodriguezvanesa@uniovi.es.