In Search of Effective Disability Policy: Comparing the Developments and Outcomes of the Dutch and Danish Disability Policies

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Annotation Elizabeth A. Kaye specializes in communications as part of her coaching and consulting practice. She has edited Requirements for Certification since the 2000-01 edition.;Annotation In the Netherlands, employers are responsible for integrating disabled people into the workforce. Employers in Denmark, however, can dismiss workers with health problems, leaving the public authorities to bear the responsibility of ensuring disabled people's participation in the workforce. In Search of Effective Disability Policy combines micro-level empirical analysis with a macro-level approach to examine the potentials of these two contrasting policies. Hoslash;gelund presents a thorough and detailed investigation into how to develop an effective disability policy, and his conclusion productively compares the virtues and drawbacks of each national policy.;Annotation In the Netherlands, employers are responsible for integrating disabled people into the workforce. Employers in Denmark, however, can dismiss workers with health problems, leaving the public authorities to bear the responsibility of ensuring disabled people's participation in the workforce. "In Search of Effective Disability Policy combines micro-level empirical analysis with a macro-level approach to examine the potentials of these two contrasting policies. Hơ 8gelund presents a thorough and detailed investigation into how to develop an effective disability policy, and his conclusion productively compares the virtues and drawbacks of each national policy. Contents - 6[-]Acknowledgement - 10[-]1 Disability Policies Under Pressure - 12[-] The welfare state under pressure - 13[-] Similar pressures - different problems - 15[-] Welfare states and disability programmes - 19[-] The labour market and the disability pathway - 20[-] The consequences of exogenous pressures - 21[-] Disability programmes and the disability pathway - 22[-] Disability policy responses - 25[-] The objective of this book - 26[-] How to study the outcomes of disability policies - 27[-] The structure of this book - 28[-]2 The Integration of Disabled People:What Do We Know? - 32[-] Clinical studies - 32[-] Economic studies - 37[-] Public policy studies - 42[-] Sociological studies - 47[-] Summary and conclusions - 52[-]3 Bringing the Pieces Together:A Multidisciplinary Approach to Work Disability - 54[-] Choosing the approach - 54[-] A model for the labour market integration of disabled people - 56[-] The labour market attachment of workers with health problems - 63[-] Discussion and critique - 63[-]4 Economic Miracles Bypassing Disabled People - 66[-] Fromeconomic growth to crisis - 66[-] Crisis management: paid exit and active labour market measures - 68[-] Fromcrisis to recovery - 73[-]5 Dutch Disability Reforms:Redefining Responsibilities - 76[-] A sick nation - 77[-] Ineffective changes - 83[-] The beginning of a reform - 84[-] Redefining responsibilities - 86[-] Conclusion - 90[-]6 Danish Disability Policy:Small Steps,Big Change? - 94[-] Danish disability policy in the 1980s - 94[-] Defects in Danish disability policy - 97[-] Changes during the 1980s: crisis management - 99[-] Changes during the 1990s: increased emphasis on activation - 101[-] Dutch and Danish disability policies: different developments - 105[-] Dutch and Danish disability policies: different principles - 106[-] Conclusion - 110[-]7 Different Routes to Integration - 112[-] The data - 113[-] Dismissals during sick leave - 115[-] The supply of vocational rehabilitation measures - 119[-] Income protection during sick leave - 122[-] Conclusion - 125[-] Appendix A - 127[-] Appendix B - 129[-]8 Different Policies - Different Outcomes - 136[-] The return to work of long-term sick-listed workers - 137[-] Dutch and Danish disability policies: a question of different rights? - 146[-] Conclusion - 148[-] Appendix C - 151[-] Appendix D - 155[-] Appendix E - 157[-]9 Too Much and Too Little:Employers'Responsibility in Denmark and the Netherlands - 160[-] The disability figures reconsidered: an overestimated disability crisis - 161[-] Policy changes - success or failure? - 163[-] Explaining the developments - 168[-] Disability policies in the context of future challenges - 174[-] Towards a more effective disability policy - 176[-]Tables and Figures - 180[-]Notes - 182[-]References - 188[-]Index of Subjects - 202[-]Index of Names - 206