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An intersectional approach towards parental employment in families with a child with a disability : the case of Belgium
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Abstract
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| For parents with disabled children labour market participation is difficult since these children require care that exceeds typical parental care. At the same time, disabled children often live in families who belong to social categories that are associated with lower employment probabilities. However, the intersection between disability and social categories is hitherto overlooked in the literature. Drawing on a case study of Belgium, this article empirically examines to what extent parental employment is explained by the child’s disability and/or the family’s social disadvantages. For this, unique and large-scale register data are used. The results show that (1) childhood disability overlapped with social disadvantages; (2) childhood disability inhibited parental employment; but (3) the relationship differed by social category: for single parents, parents with low educational qualifications, and parents having multiple disabled children, disability and social disadvantage reinforced each other. |
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Language
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English
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Source (journal)
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Work, employment and society / British Sociological Association [Belmont] - London, 1987, currens
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Publication
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London
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Sage publications ltd
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2020
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ISSN
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0950-0170
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1469-8722
[online]
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DOI
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10.1177/0950017019872648
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Volume/pages
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34
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, p. 228-261
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Article Reference
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UNSP 0950017019872648
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ISI
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000493431700001
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E-only publicatie
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Full text (Publisher's DOI)
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Full text (open access)
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Full text (publisher's version - intranet only)
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