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Spatial Variation in the Poverty Gap Between People With and Without Disabilities: Evidence from Vietnam

Authors: Daniel Mont, Cuong Nguyen

Published in: Social Indicators Research | Issue 2/2018

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Poverty and disability are interrelated, but data that can disentangle to what extent one causes the other and vice versa is not available. However, data from Vietnam allows us to examine this interrelationship in a way not done previously. Using small area estimation techniques, we uncover three findings not yet found in the literature. First, disability prevalence rates vary significantly within a country even at the district level. Second, the poverty gap between people with and without disabilities also varies at the district level. And most importantly, the size of that gap lessens based on district characteristics that can be affected by policy. Districts with better health care and infrastructure, such as road and health services, show less of a link between disability and poverty, supporting the hypothesis that improvements in infrastructure and rehabilitation service can lessen the impact of disability on families with disabled members.

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Title: Spatial Variation in the Poverty Gap Between People With and Without Disabilities: Evidence from Vietnam
Authors: Daniel Mont
Cuong Nguyen
Publication date: 01-04-2017
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Published in: Social Indicators Research / Issue 2/2018
Print ISSN: 0303-8300
Electronic ISSN: 1573-0921
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-017-1619-z

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