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abstract: 'Although the number of graduates with disabilities is increasing
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worldwide, few studies have examined their transition to employment.
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This study analysed the difficulties they find in their labour insertion
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compared with their peers without disabilities and offers proposals to
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improve their employability. We used a representative sample of Spanish
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graduates, with and without disabilities. Our results showed that the
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main problem for graduates with disabilities is their access to the
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labour market. There is, however, no evidence of differences in the
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quality of employment between graduates with and without disabilities.
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We found that the difficulties in accessing employment among graduates
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with disabilities are related to discriminatory institutional factors in
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the labour market. Therefore, it is important to implement policies
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focused on the removal of institutional barriers that may prevent
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employers from hiring graduates with disabilities. Our results provide
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empirical evidence for policies that can improve their employability.
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Points of interestIn recent decades, there has been a significant
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increase in the number of people with disabilities enrolled in higher
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education programs.This study compares the employability and job quality
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of Spanish university graduates with and without disabilities.The
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results showed that Spanish graduates with disabilities struggle to find
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work. However, once employed, their jobs are of similar quality to those
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without disabilities.This research proves that differences in
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employability between graduates with and without disabilities are mainly
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due to discriminatory factors and not differences in skills.Evidence
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shows that providing employment support and personalised job search
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assistance can aid in removing discrimination against graduates with
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disabilities. Promoting temporary, part-time, or self-employment for
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graduates with disabilities can also ease their access to the labour
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market by adapting employment to their special needs.'
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affiliation: 'Arrazola, M (Corresponding Author), Rey Juan Carlos Univ, Dept Appl
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Econ, Madrid, Spain.
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Arrazola, Maria; de Hevia, Jose; Perrote, Irene; Sanchez-Larrion, Raul, Rey Juan
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Carlos Univ, Dept Appl Econ, Madrid, Spain.'
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author: Arrazola, Maria and de Hevia, Jose and Perrote, Irene and Sanchez-Larrion,
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Raul
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author-email: maria.arrazola@urjc.es
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author_list:
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- family: Arrazola
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given: Maria
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- family: de Hevia
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given: Jose
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- family: Perrote
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given: Irene
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- family: Sanchez-Larrion
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given: Raul
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da: '2023-09-28'
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doi: 10.1080/09687599.2023.2227332
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earlyaccessdate: JUN 2023
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eissn: 1360-0508
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files: []
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issn: 0968-7599
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journal: DISABILITY \& SOCIETY
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keywords: 'Graduates with disabilities; employment; job mismatch; wages; quality of
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employment; discrimination'
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keywords-plus: 'PERSONAL ASSISTANCE SERVICES; PART-TIME WORK; JOB-SATISFACTION;
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SELF-EMPLOYMENT; PEOPLE; OUTCOMES; WORKPLACE; EXPERIENCES; TRANSITION;
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STUDENTS'
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language: English
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month: 2023 JUN 21
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number-of-cited-references: '58'
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orcid-numbers: Perrote, Irene/0000-0002-4266-9277
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papis_id: a908464f62437dda6be71fe77a5d21be
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ref: Arrazola2023discriminationaccess
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times-cited: '0'
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title: 'Discrimination in access to employment for graduates with disabilities: proposals
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for improvement'
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2023-10-01 08:15:07 +00:00
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type: article
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2023-09-28 14:46:10 +00:00
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unique-id: WOS:001013443200001
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usage-count-last-180-days: '3'
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usage-count-since-2013: '3'
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web-of-science-categories: Rehabilitation; Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary
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year: '2023'
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