Abstract
Economic theory presupposes that the Entities of the Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) should exhibit a greater sensitivity in the labour insertion of groups in danger of social exclusion than should the Capitalist Companies (CC). Therefore, it is expected that the SSE will employ a greater number of people with socio-labour characteristics among its workers against whom the ordinary labour market discriminates negatively. In this context, the objective of this research is focused on the analysis of socio-labour characteristics, salary differences and the degree of inequality in the distribution of salary income of the group of workers with disabilities in the SSE compared to CCs in Spain during the Great Recession (2007–2013) and the beginning of the current economic recovery (2013–2016). Using the data from the Continuous Sample of Working Histories (MCVL, in Spanish), our results show a greater sensitivity from the SSE compared to the CC in labour inclusion of workers with disabilities as well as for most socio-labour characteristics against which the ordinary labour market discriminates negatively. A second conclusion of the results is that the SSE provides a more equitable distribution of salary income for workers with disabilities than the CC, although the wages are comparatively lower.
Highlights
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development of the United Nations (UN) includes in its Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 8.5 “ . . . to achieve full and productive employment and decent work for all women and men, including for young people and persons with disabilities (PWD), and equal pay for work of equal value” [1] (p. 22)
Using the data from the Continuous Sample of Working Histories (MCVL, in Spanish), our results show a greater sensitivity from the Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) compared to the Capitalist Companies (CC) in labour inclusion of workers with disabilities as well as for most socio-labour characteristics against which the ordinary labour market discriminates negatively
Because the PWD suppose a greater proportion of total employment of the SSE entities than of the CC (4.5% vs. 1.4%, in 2016), and because the SSE entities integrate in relative terms among its PWD workforce people with a profile or characteristics against whom the ordinary labour market (CC) usually discriminates negatively [16,58]
Summary
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development of the United Nations (UN) includes in its Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 8.5 “ . . . to achieve full and productive employment and decent work for all women and men, including for young people and persons with disabilities (PWD), and equal pay for work of equal value” [1] (p. 22). The term used to refer to it is SE, as one of its guiding principles is the promotion of internal solidarity and with society, the concept of SSE is currently being coined and extended more widely, especially among some international organizations such as the United Nations, in particular the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD) [3]. For this reason, SSE is the term to be used in this paper. It is expected that the SSE entities include among their staff a greater number of people with socio-labour characteristics which the ordinary labour market discriminates negatively against (young people, women, people with lower levels of education and/or degree of qualification, PWD, among others)
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