The Economic Impact of Wheelchairs for the Disabled in Ethiopia

<p>Abstract: How do wheelchairs impact income and the possible channels of employment status and time allocation for the physically disabled? In order to improve opportunities for people with disability, it is imperative to know the effect that a wheelchair has on the lives of the disabled. Estimates from 261 participants across Addis Ababa, Ethiopia were taken to estimate a wheelchair’s impact across numerous time, economic and distance variables. I demonstrate how nearest neighbor covariate matching methods can be used to estimate how wheelchair beneficiaries would have fared had they not been given a wheelchair. Results show that current wheelchair users earn $6.23 more per week, have a 15 percent higher probability of employment and work 1.75 hours more per day than their non-wheelchair using counterparts.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science in International and Development Economics (MSIDEC)

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Economics

Year dc:date.available

2014

Author dc:creator

• Grider, Justin L

Contributors dc:contributor

• Bruce Wydick

• impact evaluation
• human capital
• disability
• wheelchair
• International Economics

Repository record dc:identifier

https://repository.usfca.edu/thes/82

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:repository.usfca.edu:thes-1089