This book includes empirical contributions focusing on disadvantaged workers. According to the European Commission$1 (Bs 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
Disability and work: empirical evidence from Italy
págs. 11-29
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Hiring workers with disabilities when a quota requirement exists: the relevance of firm's size
págs. 49-63
Sheltered employment centres and labour market integration of people with disabilities: a quasi-experimental evaluation using Spanish data
págs. 65-91
págs. 95-120
Youth unemployment: key determinants and the impact of crises
Giovanni S. F. Bruno, Misbah Tanveer Choudhry, Enrico Marelli, Marcello Signorelli
págs. 121-148
Characteristics of parents and the unemployment duration of their offspring: evidence from Italy
págs. 149-179
Youth employment in Africa: new evidence and policies from Swaziland
págs. 181-202
págs. 203-228
Disadvantaged workers in the Italian labour market: gender and regional gaps
págs. 231-256
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Differences between Spanish and foreign workers in the duration of workplace accident leave: a stochastic frontier analysis
págs. 277-295
Duration of joblessness and long-term unemployment: is duration as long as official statistics say?
págs. 297-320
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