Die vorliegende IW-Analyse ermittelt anhand eines theoretischen Modells die Faktoren, welche die unternehmerische Ausbildungsentscheidung beeinflussen, und überträgt dieses Modell auf die Entscheidung, Auszubildende mit Behinderung einzustellen. Mittels einer Unternehmensbefragung wird...

Accessibility is one of the key aspects of current transport planning, especially in reliance to public transport and pedestrian traffic facilities. This paper deals with this subject by outlining which are or could be the benefits of improved accessibility to the transport system with a special...

This paper (i) explains the motivation for articulating the benefits of accessibility; (ii) provides a narrative basis for articulating how accessibility affects economic and social life; and (iii) moves towards a framework for quantifying the benefits of accessibility. In examining laws,...

"Access for All" is a United Kingdom government funded programme to make stations more accessible for people with disabilities by providing step free access along with complementary measures such as improved wayfinding information. Steer Davies Gleave was commissioned to evaluate the programme...

Inclusiveness affects the underlying thinking and consequential analysis of accessibility issues in transport. If the fundamental premise is that all people are equal and should be viewed as stakeholders in matters of public policy then it not only reflects international treaties, such as the...

Die vorliegende IW-Analyse ermittelt anhand eines theoretischen Modells die Faktoren, welche die unternehmerische Ausbildungsentscheidung beeinflussen, und überträgt dieses Modell auf die Entscheidung, Auszubildende mit Behinderung einzustellen. Mittels einer Unternehmensbefragung wird...

Accessibility is one of the key aspects of current transport planning, especially in reliance to public transport and pedestrian traffic facilities. This paper deals with this subject by outlining which are or could be the benefits of improved accessibility to the transport system with a special...

"Access for All" is a United Kingdom government funded programme to make stations more accessible for people with disabilities by providing step free access along with complementary measures such as improved wayfinding information. Steer Davies Gleave was commissioned to evaluate the programme...

This paper (i) explains the motivation for articulating the benefits of accessibility; (ii) provides a narrative basis for articulating how accessibility affects economic and social life; and (iii) moves towards a framework for quantifying the benefits of accessibility. In examining laws,...

Inclusiveness affects the underlying thinking and consequential analysis of accessibility issues in transport. If the fundamental premise is that all people are equal and should be viewed as stakeholders in matters of public policy then it not only reflects international treaties, such as the...

Artikel 24 der Behindertenrechtskonvention gewährleistet das Recht auf inklusive Schulbildung für Menschen mit Behinderung. Förderschulen müssen schrittweise aufgelöst werden; ein vorgebliches "Elternwahlrecht" ist mit der Konvention nicht vereinbar. An den Regelschulen sind die Bedingungen...

Die Ausgaben für die Eingliederungshilfe für behinderte Menschen nach SGB XII variieren im regionalen Vergleich in Deutschland deutlich. In diesem Beitrag werden mit unterschiedlichen Verwaltungsstrukturen und der lokalen Wirtschaftskraft zwei mögliche Faktoren näher beleuchtet, die diese...

Drawing on the analysis in MS9, this paper summarises the policy relevant lessons on what drives and hinders institutional change in services for people with disabilities in EU Member States, and offers some recommendations on how such changes may be facilitated. The focus is mainly on the...

This research paper is based on the findings of an explorative study, conducted on behalf of the IAB by the University of Halle in cooperation with the Aktion Psychisch Kranke e. V Bonn. The combination of literary studies and secondary analyses of health insurance companies ́databases suggests...

Canadian disability policy has come a long way in the past century. However, in contrast with the evidence that disability is not permanent for most, current disability support programs still carry the old static view of permanent disability. By employing a dynamic panel data model of labour...

Canadian disability policy has come a long way in the past century. However, in contrast with the evidence that disability is not permanent for most, current disability support programs still carry the old static view of permanent disability. By employing a dynamic panel data model of labour...

Changes in the nature of work and the family, the growing elderly population, and other developments over the past fifty years have rendered existing welfare policies largely out-of-step with economic and social conditions. While welfare state reform clearly raises important questions about...

Among countries with comparable levels of income, India has one of the more progressive disability policy frameworks; however, people with disabilities in India are subject to multiple disadvantages. This paper focuses on state-level variations in outcomes for people with disabilities to provide...