Abstract
There are several types of employment policies for disabled people in the world. Previous studies have reported specific aspects of policies and programs designed to promote employment of the disabled, however a broad overview of such policies is absent. This study aims to compare employment policies for disabled people in seven advanced countries from various angles, and seeks to generalize and theorize them. Firstly, paying attention to important measures, policies are classified into three types. Type I adopts anti-discrimination legislation to guarantee equal opportunity. Type II uses quota schemes to obligate employers to employ certain ratios of disabled people. Type III prefers to directly provide sheltered work for disabled people. Secondly, distinctive features of each type are specified from the following angles : (1) ideal methods of employment, for disabled people (2) principles of policy. Finally, based on these analysis, advantages and disadvantages of each type of policy are theoretically discussed, and new policy directions for the future are presented.
