Policies to encourage the employment of people with disabilities: case of Romania

Stefanescu, Razvan and Dumitriu, Ramona and Nistor, Costel (2012): Policies to encourage the employment of people with disabilities: case of Romania. Published in: The Proceedings of the 14th International Conference AFASES - “Scientific Research and Education in the Air Force” 2012 (14 May 2012): pp. 499-504.

Abstract

In the last decades, the employment of persons with disabilities became a priority for the social policy from many countries. Usually, such policies are oriented in two directions: to support the persons with disabilities seeking jobs and to provide for the employers who hire these persons some facilities that compensate certain supplementary costs. In the last years, Romania updated its legislation regarding the persons with disabilities, being offered some stimulants for their employment. In this paper we examine this legislation by comparing it with those from other countries. We also present the results of an inquiry among some managers from Romanian enterprises, who were interviewed about hiring people with disabilities.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Employment, Romanian Labor Market, People with disabilities
• Subjects: J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J0 - General > J08 - Labor Economics Policies; 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 > J0 - General > J01 - Labor Economics: General

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