Promoting the economic autonomy of disabled people through employment and social policy (PRESPOL)
Project holder:
- Anne Revillard (CRIS, LIEPP)
Research programme developed in association with the CERAPS, the EHESP, ERUDITE and the LISE. Laureate of the PPR Autonomie 2022. The project benefits from support of the French State managed by the ANR under the France 2030 programme (ANR-23-PAVH-0001).
Project description:
How to promote the economic autonomy of people with disabilities? Moving from a medical vision of disability to a socio-political perspective of inclusion and disability mainstreaming implies rethinking the issue of autonomy for people with disabilities, no longer only in terms of functional autonomy, but in terms applied to all citizens. This notably includes economic autonomy, for which employment is an essential lever.
In France, as in many other countries, many policies have been put in place over the years to promote the professional integration of disabled people: rehabilitation, quotas, sheltered work, job placement, anti-discrimination law... This integration however remains incomplete, with an employment rate that remains well below that of the general population, a concentration in low-status and low-paying jobs, frequent part-time work, and unstimulating functions or tasks. Employment, under these conditions, struggles to fulfil its role as a vector of economic autonomy, and compensatory social policies (through assistance or socialised insurance) play a determining role.
Improving the policies that favour the economic autonomy of people with disabilities is therefore a major democratic challenge, with a view to promoting their economic and social citizenship, and in accordance with the objectives set by the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). To this end, PRESPOL articulates three approaches that respond to challenges 3 and 4 of the call for projects.
First, we propose to develop an original theoretical framework to account for these economic empowerment policies in their specificity, beyond the dichotomy between employment and social policies. To do so, we will draw on the international scientific literature on employment policies, welfare regimes and social investment, but also on a comparison of existing policies and on a targeted investigation of the boundary between employment and social policies (WP1).
In parallel, the experiences of empowerment or non-empowerment through employment need to be analysed and better understood (WP2, in response to Challenge 3). What are the nature of the barriers to labour access and economic empowerment through employment for people with disabilities? What are the characteristics of employment trajectories (including periods out of work), in both their objective and subjective dimensions? What is the extent of discrimination and what are its mechanisms?
Finally, we propose to carry out a targeted and systematic evaluation of two central employment policy measures in order to identify ways of improving their effectiveness (WP3). In the context of challenge 4, we will focus on an innovative intervention in this field, supported employment, which aims to promote the empowerment in and through employment of people with cognitive or psychiatric disabilities. But we will also assess a much older policy, predominant in France as in several other countries: the employment quota policy.
To this end, this programme is based on an interdisciplinary, multi-method and participatory approach (involving over 20 disability organisations and institutional partners). The constitution of a consortium bringing together five research entities in France (LIEPP, CERAPS, EHESP, ERUDITE, LISE), and mobilising several international collaborations (United States, United Kingdom, Sweden, South Africa), extends several research initiatives launched by these entities, systematising the approach and extending its ambition. Stakeholders’ participation and substantial resources devoted to knowledge brokering at each stage of PRESPOL aim to favour a rapid impact of the programme on policies and society.
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Publications of the Research Group
- Anne REVILLARD, Les inégalités de genre dans l’enseignement supérieur et la recherche: Discussion autour du LIEPP Policy Brief nº14 LIEPP Working Paper [Methodological Discussion Paper] n°34bis, octobre 2014
- Pierre DESCHAMPS, José DE SOUSA, Labor Mobility and Racial Discrimination LIEPP Working Paper , n°35, December 2014
- Amy G. MAZUR, Does Feminist Policy Matter in Post Industrial Democracies? A Proposed Analytical Roadmap , LIEPP Working Paper n°42, november 2015
- François BONNET, Etienne LALÉ, Mirna SAFI, Etienne WASMER, Better residential than ethnic discrimination! Reconciling audit's findings and interviews'findings in the Parisian housing market LIEPP Working Paper n° 36, février 2015
- François BONNET, Robert ELLICKSON, Etienne LALÉ, David LAITIN, Mirna SAFI, Etienne WASMER, Better residential than ethnic discrimination! LIEPP Working Paper [Methodological Discussion Paper] n°38bis, September 2015
- Anne REVILLARD, La réception de l'action publique LIEPP Working Paper, n°55, July 2016
- Clément BELLET, Eve SIHRA, Less Food for More Status: Caste Inequality and Conspicuous Consumption in India LIEPP Working Paper, n° 56, September 2016
- Roger WALDINGER, Renee LUTHRA, Thomas Soehl Acquiring and Exercising Citizenship: The New Second Generation in the United States LIEPP Working Paper, n°58, October 2016
- Aliya SAPERSTEIN, Making the Case for Racial Mobility , LIEPP Working Paper, n°69, September 2017
- Robin STRYKER, Heidi REYNOLDS-STENSON, Krista FREDERICO Family responsibilities discrimination, HR work-family discourse and organizational mediation of US civil rights law , LIEPP Working Paper, n°70, September 2017
- Andreas STEINHAUER, Working Moms, Childlessness, and Female Identity LIEPP Working Paper, n°79, Mai 2018
- Fabio Quassoli, Monica Colombo, Andrea Molteni Governing through security? Institutional discourse, practices, and policies in the metropolitan city of Milan LIEPP Working Paper n°83, December 2018
- Jean-Benoit EYMEOUD , Paul VERTIER, Gender Biases: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in French Local Elections LIEPP Working Paper n°78, April, 2018
- Pierre DESCHAMPS, Gender Quotas in Hiring Committees: a Boon or a Bane for Women? LIEPP Working Paper, n°82, novembre 2018
- Célia BOUCHET, Handicaps et inégalités professionnelles en France: des disparités qui se creusent au fil des parcours de vie LIEPP Working Paper n°84, mars 2019
- Carrie SHANDRA, Disability and Patterns of Leisure Participation across the Life Course LIEPP Working Paper n°109, April 2020
- Clémence BERSON, Morgane LAOUENAN, Emmanuel VALAT Outsourcing recruitment as a solution to prevent discrimination : A correspondence study LIEPP Working Paper n°104, February 2020
- Mirna SAFI, Tianjian Lai, Haley McAvay Diverging Pathways : How Pre-Migration Selectivity and Initial Legal Status Shape Immigrant Outcomes in France LIEPP Working Paper n°103, January 2020
- Pierre DESCHAMPS, Anne REVILLARD, Marie SAUTIER, Mathieu ARBOGAST, Les quotas de genre dans le monde académique Débats du LIEPP n°5, février 2020
- Amy G. MAZUR, Isabelle ENGELI Research on French Gender Equality Policies in Practice: One Step Closer to A Recipe for Success LIEPP Policy Brief n°52, mai 2021
- Amy G. MAZUR, Isabelle ENGELI Les politiques françaises d'égalité des sexes en pratique : vers la recette du succès ? LIEPP Policy Brief n°52bis, mai 2021
- Anne BORING , Jennifer BROWN Gender and Choices in Higher Education LIEPP Working Paper n°122, Juin 2021
- Clémence BERSON, Morgane LAOUENAN, Emmanuel VALAT Centraliser le recrutement, un moyen efficace de prévention des discriminations ? LIEPP Policy Brief n°49, Février 2021
- José DE SOUSA, Guillaume HOLLARD From Micro to Macro Gender Differences: Evidence from Field Tournaments LIEPP Working Paper n°124, September 2021
- Anne REVILLARD, Yasmine TUFFY Gender quotas: an interdisciplinary scoping review LIEPP Working Paper n°131, février 2022
- Anne BORING , Gloria MORONI Turning back the clock: Beliefs about gender roles during lockdown LIEPP Working Paper n°133, April 2022
- Chloé MOUR, Anti-discrimination policies in higher education institutions: an interdisciplinary scoping review LIEPP Working Paper n°132, March 2022
- Célia BOUCHET, Des inégalités répertoriées : les (dé)valorisations genrées des emplois de soutien à la recherche LIEPP Working paper, n°135, juin 2022
- Anne BORING , Josse DELFGAAUW Social desirability bias in attitudes towards sexism and DEI policies in the workplace LIEPP Working Paper n°154, 2023
- José DE SOUSA, Guillaume HOLLARD Ces petites différences de genre qui deviennent grandes : le rôle de la compétition LIEPP Policy Brief n°62, 2023
- Marylène LIEBER, Gender-based violence and intersectionality: From theory to policy LIEPP Policy Brief n°69 bis, 2023
- Marylène LIEBER, Violences fondées sur le genre et intersectionnalité : de la théorie à l’action publique LIEPP Policy Brief n°69, 2023
- Ana MANZANO, User and Stakeholder Involvement in Realist Evaluation LIEPP Working Paper n°158, 2024