Disability and Life Satisfaction: The Role of Accessibility

Asya Bellia () and Lorenzo Corsini
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Asya Bellia: Bocconi University

Journal of Happiness Studies, 2024, vol. 25, issue 8, No 5, 37 pages

Abstract: Abstract There exists a significant difference between the life satisfaction of people with and without disabilities, to the disadvantage of the former. The present work investigates the association between environmental accessibility and life satisfaction by disability status. The environmental accessibility index is built based on the results of the 2012 Eurobarometer survey on accessibility, while empirical analyses are conducted using data from the EU-SILC 2013, which includes an ad hoc module on wellbeing. We test the following hypotheses using Blinder–Oaxaca decompositions: 1. Coeteris paribus, environmental accessibility is associated with a reduction of the difference between the life satisfaction of people without disabilities and people with disabilities; 2. The negative association of environmental accessibility with the difference in life satisfaction by disability status is greater in absolute value among women and people in the lowest income quartile. Both hypotheses are fully supported.

Keywords: Disability; Life satisfaction; Environmental accessibility (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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