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Record Nr.

UNINA9910298551803321

Titolo

Disadvantaged Workers : Empirical Evidence and Labour Policies / / edited by Miguel Ángel Malo, Dario Sciulli

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014

ISBN

3-319-04376-5

Edizione

[1st ed. 2014.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (324 p.)

Collana

AIEL Series in Labour Economics, , 1863-916X

Disciplina

331.59

Soggetti

Labor economics

Economic policy

Social policy

Labor Economics

Economic Policy

Social Policy

Mercat de treball

Política laboral

Persones amb discapacitat

Joves

Dones

Migrants

Aturats

Llibres electrònics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Part I Disabled people in the labour market -- Part II Young workers in the labour market -- Part III Women, migrants and long-term unemployed.

Sommario/riassunto

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.