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SOCIAL COOPERATIVES AND WORK INTEGRATION IN ITALY
Author(s) -
BORZAGA Carlo
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
annals of public and cooperative economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.526
H-Index - 37
eISSN - 1467-8292
pISSN - 1370-4788
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8292.1996.tb01803.x
Subject(s) - disadvantaged , work (physics) , principal (computer security) , phenomenon , market integration , social integration , social policy , business , labour economics , industrial organization , economics , economic system , economic growth , market economy , political science , microeconomics , engineering , computer science , law , mechanical engineering , physics , quantum mechanics , operating system
* : The paper presents and analyses the birth and evolution of social cooperatives for work integration in Italy. Born spontaneously in response to the failure of policies for the employment of disadvantaged workers, this particular entrepreneurial form was recognized and regulated in 1991 by enactment of a special law. The paper sets out the main results of recent research studies, results which enable quantification of the phenomenon and illustration of its principal features, as well as providing preliminary information on the effectiveness of this type of cooperative in the integration of disadvantaged workers into the internal or open labour market and on the variables that influence their results. The paper therefore highlights both the advantages and the drawbacks of these initiatives. Overcoming these drawbacks seems to be conditional on recognition of social cooperatives for work integration as instruments of employment policy.