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Author Høgelund, Jan.

Title In search of effective disability policy : comparing the developments and outcomes of Dutch and Danish disability policies / Jan Hogelund.

Imprint Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, ©2003.

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Description 1 online resource (207 pages) : illustrations.
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Series Changing welfare states
Changing welfare states.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents 1. Disability Policies Under Pressure -- The welfare state under pressure -- Similar pressures -- different problems -- Welfare states and disability programmes -- The labour market and the disability pathway -- The consequences of exogenous pressures -- Disability programmes and the disability pathway -- Disability policy responses -- The objective of this book -- How to study the outcomes of disability policies -- The structure of this book -- 2. The Integration of Disabled People : What Do We Know? -- Clinical studies -- Economic studies -- Public policy studies -- Sociological studies -- Summary and conclusions -- 3. Bringing the Pieces Together : A Multidisciplinary Approach to Work -- Disability -- Choosing the approach -- A model for the labour market integration of disabled people -- The labour market attachment of workers with health problems -- Discussion and critique -- 4. Economic Miracles Bypassing Disabled People -- From economic growth to crisis -- Crisis management : paid exit and active labour market measures -- From crisis to recovery -- 5. Dutch Disability Reforms :Redefining Responsibilities -- A sick nation -- Ineffective changes -- The beginning of a reform -- Redefining responsibilities -- 6. Danish Disability Policy : Small Steps, Big Change? -- Danish disability policy in the 1980s -- Defects in Danish disability policy -- Changes during the 1980s : crisis management -- Changes during the 1990s : increased emphasis on activation -- Dutch and Danish disability policies : different developments -- Dutch and Danish disability policies : different principles -- 7. Different Routes to Integration -- The data -- Dismissals during sick leave -- The supply of vocational rehabilitation measures -- Income protection during sick leave -- 8. Different Policies -- Different Outcomes -- The return to work of long-term sick-listed workers -- Dutch and Danish disability policies : a question of different rights? -- 9. Too Much and Too Little : Employers' Responsibility in Denmark and the Netherlands -- The disability figures reconsidered : an overestimated disability crisis -- Policy changes -- success or failure? -- Explaining the developments -- Disability policies in the context of future challenges -- Towards a more effective disability policy.
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Summary "In Search of Effective Disability Policy examines the potentials of two very different strategies of integrating disabled people into the working life. In the Netherlands employers have great responsibility for the integration. In contrast employers have limited responsibility in the Danish strategy, where public authorities are crucial. This book finds that there are virtues and drawbacks of both strategies. While the Dutch policy promotes work-retention of sick-listed workers, it hampers the labour market entry of non-employed disabled people. This is so because employers avoid hiring disabled people as future work-disability inflicts costs upon employers. This is not the case in Denmark. But here too many workers with health problems lose their labour market attachment because employers are allowed to dismiss them and as public reintegration measures do not work as intended. Consequently, an effective disability policy should demand neither too little nor too much of employers. By combing macro-level analyses with empirical analyses at the micro-level this book distinguishes itself from most other studies in the field"--Publisher's description.
Subject People with disabilities -- Government policy -- Netherlands.
People with disabilities -- Government policy -- Denmark.
Disability insurance -- Netherlands.
Disability insurance -- Denmark.
Disability retirement -- Netherlands.
Disability retirement -- Denmark.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- People with Disabilities.
Disability insurance. (OCoLC)fst01715806
Disability retirement. (OCoLC)fst00894653
People with disabilities -- Government policy. (OCoLC)fst01057285
Denmark. (OCoLC)fst01204558
Netherlands. (OCoLC)fst01204034
Indexed Term Political science
Genre/Form Electronic books.
ISBN 0585498199 (electronic bk.)
9780585498195 (electronic bk.)
9789048505272 (electronic bk.)
9048505275 (electronic bk.)
9789053566442
9053566449
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