Employment opportunities for the disabled

Abstract

Policy makers in the OECD Member States have developed quite different programmes and institutional arrangements to create and promote employment opportunities for the disabled. These policy approaches include legal interventions, employment support services, financial support of open employment and sheltered employment. This chapter describes the various instruments supporting employment of disabled people applied in the EU Member States and the USA. Their effectiveness is assessed, based on a review of available evaluation studies. Conclusions are drawn to further needs of evaluation research and policy recommendation are made.