2026-06-08T09:33:09Zhttps://docta.ucm.es/rest/oai/requestoai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/46452025-02-10T16:51:57Zcom_20.500.14352_14col_20.500.14352_15
Docta Complutense
author
Segovia Vargas, María Jesús
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Camacho Miñano, Juana María Del Mar
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Pedrosa Alberto, Fernanda Cristina
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Gelashvili, Vera
2023-06-16T14:18:54Z
2023-06-16T14:18:54Z
2021
2071-1050
10.3390/su13147900
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/4645
https://doi.org/10.3390/su13147900
Sheltered employment centres are social enterprises where at least 70% of their workers have disabilities. They are a way of helping people with disabilities to work in good working conditions and of allowing disadvantaged people to live a full life. However, some people criticise these businesses for being ghettos where public subsidies are used inefficiently. Our paper aims to test if this criticism is valid by analysing whether these companies provide social and economic value to society in return for public funding and are also economically sustainable over time. Using a sample of 997 Spanish sheltered employment centres, a descriptive analysis of the main variables has been carried out. Additionally, the results of a PART algorithm show the relationship between these companies and economic sustainability. Our findings corroborate that these firms are economically sustainable and, at the same time, socially sustainable. These results highlight the great work that such companies perform for society and the country’s economy.
eng
Atribución 3.0 España
Sheltered Employment Centres: Sustainability and Social Value
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https://docta.ucm.es/bitstreams/02c427ef-f3a5-46fc-aeb4-d7d08034d155/download
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