abstract: 'Although the number of graduates with disabilities is increasing

  worldwide, few studies have examined their transition to employment.

  This study analysed the difficulties they find in their labour insertion

  compared with their peers without disabilities and offers proposals to

  improve their employability. We used a representative sample of Spanish

  graduates, with and without disabilities. Our results showed that the

  main problem for graduates with disabilities is their access to the

  labour market. There is, however, no evidence of differences in the

  quality of employment between graduates with and without disabilities.

  We found that the difficulties in accessing employment among graduates

  with disabilities are related to discriminatory institutional factors in

  the labour market. Therefore, it is important to implement policies

  focused on the removal of institutional barriers that may prevent

  employers from hiring graduates with disabilities. Our results provide

  empirical evidence for policies that can improve their employability.

  Points of interestIn recent decades, there has been a significant

  increase in the number of people with disabilities enrolled in higher

  education programs.This study compares the employability and job quality

  of Spanish university graduates with and without disabilities.The

  results showed that Spanish graduates with disabilities struggle to find

  work. However, once employed, their jobs are of similar quality to those

  without disabilities.This research proves that differences in

  employability between graduates with and without disabilities are mainly

  due to discriminatory factors and not differences in skills.Evidence

  shows that providing employment support and personalised job search

  assistance can aid in removing discrimination against graduates with

  disabilities. Promoting temporary, part-time, or self-employment for

  graduates with disabilities can also ease their access to the labour

  market by adapting employment to their special needs.'
affiliation: 'Arrazola, M (Corresponding Author), Rey Juan Carlos Univ, Dept Appl
  Econ, Madrid, Spain.

  Arrazola, Maria; de Hevia, Jose; Perrote, Irene; Sanchez-Larrion, Raul, Rey Juan
  Carlos Univ, Dept Appl Econ, Madrid, Spain.'
author: Arrazola, Maria and de Hevia, Jose and Perrote, Irene and Sanchez-Larrion,
  Raul
author-email: maria.arrazola@urjc.es
author_list:
- family: Arrazola
  given: Maria
- family: de Hevia
  given: Jose
- family: Perrote
  given: Irene
- family: Sanchez-Larrion
  given: Raul
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1080/09687599.2023.2227332
earlyaccessdate: JUN 2023
eissn: 1360-0508
files: []
issn: 0968-7599
journal: DISABILITY \& SOCIETY
keywords: 'Graduates with disabilities; employment; job mismatch; wages; quality of

  employment; discrimination'
keywords-plus: 'PERSONAL ASSISTANCE SERVICES; PART-TIME WORK; JOB-SATISFACTION;

  SELF-EMPLOYMENT; PEOPLE; OUTCOMES; WORKPLACE; EXPERIENCES; TRANSITION;

  STUDENTS'
language: English
month: 2023 JUN 21
number-of-cited-references: '58'
orcid-numbers: Perrote, Irene/0000-0002-4266-9277
papis_id: a908464f62437dda6be71fe77a5d21be
ref: Arrazola2023discriminationaccess
times-cited: '0'
title: 'Discrimination in access to employment for graduates with disabilities: proposals
  for improvement'
type: article
unique-id: WOS:001013443200001
usage-count-last-180-days: '3'
usage-count-since-2013: '3'
web-of-science-categories: Rehabilitation; Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary
year: '2023'