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The importance of prejudice against persons with disabilities

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  • Morley Gunderson
  • Byron Lee
  • Guenther Lomas

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Based on the Canadian 2006 Participation and Activity Limitation Survey (PALS), we estimate the effect of prejudice on the earnings of persons with a disability. We extract external information from medical and psychology studies that record the degree of prejudice against specific disabilities and link those prejudice indices to our disability categories. We find that the earnings of persons with a disability are strongly affected by the degree of prejudice associated with their disability, after controlling for the wide range of other factors that can affect earnings. Importance des préjugés envers les personnes atteintes de handicaps. En nous appuyant sur l'enquête sur la participation et les limitations d'activités (EPLA) réalisée au Canada en 2006, nous évaluons l'effet des préjugés sur les revenus des personnes atteintes de handicaps. À cette fin, nous avons extrait des données externes issues d'études médicales et psychologiques répertoriant les niveaux de préjugés relatifs à certains handicaps, puis avons corrélé ces « indices » à nos catégories d'incapacités. En tenant compte d'un large éventail d'autres facteurs pouvant avoir une incidence, nous constatons que les revenus des personnes handicapées sont fortement affectés par le degré de préjugé associé à leur incapacité.

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  • Morley Gunderson & Byron Lee & Guenther Lomas, 2022. "The importance of prejudice against persons with disabilities," Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 55(1), pages 138-155, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:canjec:v:55:y:2022:i:1:p:138-155
    DOI: 10.1111/caje.12575
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