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Bringing together researchers from the fields of social policy, economics, sociology and clinical psychology, this book offers new evidence on the inter-related problems faced by disability claimants, and identifies important lessons for policy.
Colin Lindsay is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Strathclyde Business School, UK.
Bent Greve is a Professor in the Department of Society and Globalisation at Roskilde University, Denmark.
Ignazio Cabras is a Reader in Economics, Business and Management at Newcastle Business School, UK.
Nick Ellison is Professor and Head of Social Policy and Social Work at the University of York, UK.
Stephen Kellett is a Clinical Psychologist at the University of Sheffield, UK.
List of Contributors vii
Introduction: New Perspectives on Health, Disability, Welfare and the Labour Market 1Colin Lindsay, Bent Greve, Ignazio Cabras, Nick Ellison and Stephen Kellett
1 Assessing the Evidence Base on Health, Employability and the Labour Market – Lessons for Activation in the UK 5Colin Lindsay, Bent Greve, Ignazio Cabras, Nick Ellison and Stephen Kellett
2 Disability Benefits in an Age of Austerity 25Christina Beatty and Steve Fothergill
3 From Impairment to Incapacity – Educational Inequalities in Disabled People’s Ability to Work 47Ben Baumberg
4 ‘Keeping meself to meself’ – How Social Networks Can Influence Narratives of Stigma and Identity for Long-term Sickness Benefits Recipients 65Kayleigh Garthwaite
5 Measuring the Impacts of Health Conditions on Work Incapacity – Evidence from the British Household Panel Survey 81William Whittaker and Matt Sutton
6 The Influence of Presenting Health Condition on Eventual Return to Work for Individuals Receiving Health-Related Welfare Benefits 107Fiona Purdie and Stephen Kellett
7 A Review of Health-related Support Provision within the UK Work Programme – What’s on the Menu? 127Jenny Ceolta-Smith, Sarah Salway and Angela Mary Tod
8 Supporting the UK’s Workless – An International Comparative Perspective 151Mike Danson, Ailsa McKay and Willie Sullivan
Index 175
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