Employment status and educational attainment among disabled Ghanaians

Clifford Afoakwah and Fatima Dauda

No wp-2016-56, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: People with disabilities in Ghana and other developing economies are discriminated against in many fundamental elements of human empowerment such as education and employment. While some employers are unwilling to hire, the educational systems do not provide enabling environment for a good education. This paper explores employment and educational attainment among people with disabilities. Although, people with disabilities have low employment probabilities, our finding suggests that education increases their chance of employment.

Keywords: Discrimination in employment; Education; Employee rights; People with disabilities (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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