Methods for Estimating the Impact of Disability Costs for Designing Inclusive Policies

Daniel Mont (), Lena Morgon Banks, Ludovico Carraro, Alex Cote, Jill Hanass-Hancock, Sophie Mitra, Zachary Morris, Mercoledi Nasiir and Monica Pinilla-Roncancio
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Daniel Mont: Center for Inclusive Policy, Washington, DC 20005, USA
Lena Morgon Banks: International Centre for Evidence on Disability, London WC1E 7HT, UK
Ludovico Carraro: Independent Researcher, Oxford OX3 0JE, UK
Alex Cote: UNICEF, New York, NY 10017, USA
Jill Hanass-Hancock: Gender and Health Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Durban 4091, South Africa
Zachary Morris: School of Social Welfare, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY 11790, USA
Mercoledi Nasiir: Prospera, Jakarta 12190, Indonesia
Monica Pinilla-Roncancio: Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de los Andes, Bogota 111711, Colombia

Disabilities, 2023, vol. 3, issue 4, 1-11

Abstract: The impact of disability on people’s lives is often underestimated because the extra costs of living with a disability are not accounted for. This paper analyzes several different methodologies for estimating those costs and explores their usefulness in designing inclusive social policies. For example, one approach is to measure what is currently being spent, while another is to estimate what would need to be spent for equal participation. These can be measured using statistical techniques or through a more qualitative methodology. Each of these methods has its advantages and disadvantages. The paper concludes with recommendations for which methodology fits which purpose, and how they can be used together to obtain a full accounting of the extra costs incurred by people with disabilities.

Keywords: disability costs; social protection; inclusion (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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