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Income Disparity among Persons with Disabilities, Assessed by Education and Sex: Accentuated Gender Difference Found in M etro M anila, the P hilippines
Author(s) -
Albert Jose Ramon,
Mori Soya,
Reyes Celia,
Tabuga Aubrey D.,
Yamagata Tatsufumi
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
the developing economies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.305
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1746-1049
pISSN - 0012-1533
DOI - 10.1111/deve.12090
Subject(s) - disadvantaged , significant difference , legislation , demographic economics , psychology , demography , gerontology , socioeconomics , economics , medicine , economic growth , political science , sociology , law
How do persons with disabilities ( PWDs ) earn a living? This paper presents an investigation of the economic activities of PWDs in the P hilippines, where, among developing countries, disability‐related legislation is relatively progressive. In 2008, a field survey was conducted in cooperation with D isability P eople's O rganizations using a tailor‐made questionnaire in M etro M anila. The explanatory variables of income of PWDs were examined using M incer regression. The conclusions are as follows. (1) There is remarkable income disparity among PWDs , differing with education and sex. (2) After controlling for PWD s' characteristics, it was found that female PWDs are likely to earn less than male PWDs . Such a significant income gap between men and women among PWDs is remarkable in the P hilippines, where gender difference in income is generally small. This finding suggests that female PWDs are doubly disadvantaged in earning income.