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Exploring Exit from the Vocational Rehabilitation System

open access: yes, 2015
In the U.S. labor force, the unemployment rate is more than twice as high for people with disabilities (17.9%) than it is for people without disabilities (7.7%; U.S. Census Bureau, 2013).
Rural Institute, University of Montana   +2 more
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The Association Between Self-Assessed Future Work Ability and Long-Term Sickness Absence, Disability Pension and Unemployment in a General Working Population : A 7-Year Follow-Up Study

open access: yes, 2016
Purpose Work ability is commonly measured with self-assessments, in the form of indices or single items. The validity of these assessments lies in their predictive ability.
Lundin, A.   +4 more
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Digital Transformation and Informal Innovation in Africa: Reframing STI Policy for Inclusive Circular Economy Transitions

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Amid increasing environmental and economic pressures, Africa's transition to a circular economy (CE) presents a vital pathway to inclusive, low‐carbon development. Yet, how digital transformation, informal innovation, and science, technology, and innovation (STI) policy readiness shape CE outcomes remains underexplored.
Emmanuel K. Manu   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Applying for Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Benefits

open access: yes, 2014
A detailed two page worksheet on eligibility and how to apply for vocational rehabilitation and unemployment benefits.
Institute for Veterans and Military Families at Syracuse University
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Exploring the Governance–Disclosure Nexus: Board Structures and ESG Disclosures in South Africa

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines how governance structures such as board composition and board functions influence environmental, social and governance (ESG) reporting among listed South African firms. This study examines 90 public listed companies on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange between 2012 and 2022.
Henriette Elsabe Scholtz   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Before-after differences in labor market outcomes for participants in medical rehabilitation in Germany [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
The authors address the issue of effectiveness of medical rehabilitation in terms of labor market outcomes by analyzing a large representative administrative panel data set for Germany.
Fischer, Sebastian   +3 more
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Sustainability Orientation and Entrepreneurial Performance in Resource‐Constrained Contexts

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines how sustainability orientation shapes entrepreneurial performance in bottom‐of‐the‐pyramid (BoP) markets by theorizing responsible entrepreneurship as a central mechanism and BoP orientation as a contextual contingency. Using survey data from 283 small‐ and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) in Ghana, we integrate perspectives
George Obeng Dankwah   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Beyond the ESG Facade: Measuring and Addressing Corporate ‘Lip Service’

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Amid growing global attention to environmental, social and governance (ESG), this study examines the misalignment between ESG disclosures and actual practices—termed ‘lip service’—using data from Chinese firms from 2006 to 2022, constructing an index to quantify it.
Jia Xu, Mingwei Liu, Helen X. H. Bao
wiley   +1 more source

Crime and the Labor Market [PDF]

open access: yes
Much work on crime has focussed on the effect of criminal sanctions on crime, ignoring (except as a control variable) the effect of labor market conditions on crime.
Richard B. Freeman
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Rehabilitation procedures for Minnesota offenders under probationary supervision [PDF]

open access: yes, 2000
Plan BThis particular study aims at identifying what is being done to rehabilitate criminal offenders. More specifically, those on probation since the majority of offenders (two-thirds) are under this form of community-based corrections. In addition, the
Denis, Jason
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