Sheltered employment for people with disabilities: An international appraisal with illustrations from the Spanish case

Malo, Miguel A. and Vanesa, Rodríguez (2022): Sheltered employment for people with disabilities: An international appraisal with illustrations from the Spanish case.

Abstract

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

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Disability; sheltered employment centre; integration; European Union; Spain
• Subjects: J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J1 - Demographic Economics > J14 - Economics of the Elderly ; Economics of the Handicapped ; Non-Labor Market Discrimination; J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J4 - Particular Labor Markets > J41 - Labor Contracts

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