The Disability Gap in Employment Rates in a Developing Country Context: New Evidence from Vietnam

Suguru Mizunoya (), Izumi Yamasaki () and Sophie Mitra
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Suguru Mizunoya: The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Izumi Yamasaki: Gakushuin University / JICA Research Institute

Economics Bulletin, 2016, vol. 36, issue 2, 771-777

Abstract: Although disability prevalence is higher in low and middle-income countries, very little is known about disability and labor market experiences in this context. This is largely due to a lack of quality data on disability. This paper is the first to analyze employment rates and their determinants across disability status in a developing country, Vietnam, using nationally representative data and a high-quality disability measure based on the recommendation of the Washington Group on Disability Statistics. The association between disability and employment is further investigated by applying the non-linear decomposition method proposed by Fairlie (1999, 2003). The estimated disability gaps in full-time employment rates are 53 and 43 percentage points for men and women respectively. The decomposition analysis finds that only 8% to 27% of this gap can be explained by observed variables, signifying the importance of unobserved characteristics or factors that contribute to the disability gap and require additional attention.

Keywords: disability; employment; Vietnam; decomposition (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I0 O1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016-04-15
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