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Costs, Risks and Responsibility. Negotiating the Value of Disabled Workers Between Disability Insurance and Employers

Year: 2018

Type: article

Abstract: Drawing on the theoretical framework of the Economics of Convention this paper analyses the employment of people with disabilities as a valuation process. Based on case studies and interviews in business companies and disability insurance offices, it explores how employers and disability insurance determine the value of disabled workers. Inasmuch as employers are not willing to adapt performance standards, job design and work organisation, disability insurance attains individual exceptions for its clients at best, while disabling standards remain intact.

Source: Swiss Journal of Sociology

DOI: 10.1515/sjs-2018-0018

Authors: Eva Nadai, Anna Gonon, Fabienne Rotzetter

Institution: FHNW University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland

Language: English

Topic: Disability Education and Employment

Subfield: Safety Research

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Decent work and economic growth, Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W2899599583

FWCI: 2.486

Cites: 31

Cited by: 17

Related to: 10