Title
From Concentration To Dispersion: The Shift In Policy Approach To Disability Employment In China
Keywords
China; Disability; Employment policy; Quota system; Self-employment; Welfare enterprises
Abstract
In China, there has seen a significant increase in the disability employment rate over the past 20 years, largely due to socioeconomic growth factors and disability employment policy development. Extant research has failed to account for the systemic policy and socioeconomic changes that have radically changed the employment landscape for persons with disabilities in China over the past three decades. An examination of disability employment in China reveals a shift of the policy approach from concentration to dispersion. The concentration approach, compatible with a central planned economy, has given its way to its market-based parallel, the dispersion approach. Characteristics of the three main forms of disability employmentĝ€"welfare enterprises, the quota schemes, and self-employmentĝ€"are discussed in depth. Finally, modifications to the current disability employment policies are suggested. © 2009 Hammill Institute on Disabilities.
Publication Date
6-1-2009
Publication Title
Journal of Disability Policy Studies
Volume
20
Issue
1
Number of Pages
46-54
Document Type
Article
Personal Identifier
scopus
DOI Link
https://doi.org/10.1177/1044207308325008
Copyright Status
Unknown
Socpus ID
65149101213 (Scopus)
Source API URL
https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/65149101213
STARS Citation
Huang, Jin; Guo, Baorong; and Bricout, John C., "From Concentration To Dispersion: The Shift In Policy Approach To Disability Employment In China" (2009). Scopus Export 2000s. 11853.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/scopus2000/11853