The Economics Of Disability

Author : D.S. Salkever
Publisher : JAI Press Incorporated
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Economics of Disability written by D.S. Salkever and published by JAI Press Incorporated. This book was released on 2000-05-10 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three important issues have recently attracted researchers to study the economics of disability. First with the availability of sophisticated "data sets", it has become possible to conduct highly quantative investigations of the relative economic impacts of various types of disabling health problems. Second, the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act in 1991, and the subsequent implementation of its employment provisions, focused national attention on the continuing scarcity of employment opportunities for disabled persons. The tools of analysis that have been developed over the past several decades to study racial and gender discrimination in labor markets are applied in this book to study the experiences of persons with disabilities. Third, the past several decades have witnessed a rapid growth in the public and private costs of disability support programs. Many economists recognize the need to design such programs that would provide continued economic security, without the work disincentives, high budgetary costs, and efficiency losses of existing programs. A major purpose of this volume is to bring together empirical studies dealing with all three of the above issues in a single volume. By doing this we can illustrate the breadth of current research in the field and allow the reader to see the connections and common threads that underlie this scope of concerns and research objectives.

Author : Richard V. Burkhauser
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Disability and Work written by Richard V. Burkhauser and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Disabled workers, social cost, social policy, USA - rights of the disabled, employment quota, disability benefits, vocational rehabilitation programmes, sheltered employment. References, statistical tables.

Author : John Cullinan
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 1847799809
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The economics of disability written by John Cullinan and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2015-02-01 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book brings together research relating to the economics of disability in Ireland. It addresses a range of issues of relevance to the economic circumstances of people with disabilities, considering topics such as social inclusion, poverty, the labour market, living standards and public policy. It also considers issues of specific relevance to children, working-age adults and older people with disabilities, providing important evidence that can help improve disability policies, services and supports. Each chapter presents a clear and relatively non-technical treatment of the specific topic under consideration, making it accessible to a greater number of interested readers. In doing so, it provides an important addition to our knowledge and understanding of the economics of disability and will serve as a useful and up-to-date resource for a range of interested parties both in Ireland and internationally.

Author : Richard V. Burkhauser
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780608040769
Total Pages : 141 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Disability and Work written by Richard V. Burkhauser and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : William E. Kiernan
Publisher : Brookes Publishing Company
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Economics, Industry, and Disability written by William E. Kiernan and published by Brookes Publishing Company. This book was released on 1989 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Marta Russell
Publisher : Haymarket Books
ISBN 13 : 1608467163
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Capitalism and Disability written by Marta Russell and published by Haymarket Books. This book was released on 2019-08-06 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spread out over many years and many different publications, the late author and activist Marta Russell wrote a number of groundbreaking and insightful essays on the nature of disability and oppression under capitalism. In this volume, Russell’s various essays are brought together in one place in order to provide a useful and expansive resource to those interested in better understanding the ways in which the modern phenomenon of disability is shaped by capitalist economic and social relations. The essays range in analysis from the theoretical to the topical, including but not limited to: the emergence of disability as a “human category” rooted in the rise of industrial capitalism and the transformation of the conditions of work, family, and society corresponding thereto; a critique of the shortcomings of a purely “civil rights approach” to addressing the persistence of disability oppression in the economic sphere, with a particular focus on the legacy of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990; an examination of the changing position of disabled people within the overall system of capitalist production utilizing the Marxist economic concepts of the reserve army of the unemployed, the labor theory of value, and the exploitation of wage-labor; the effects of neoliberal capitalist policies on the living conditions and social position of disabled people as it pertains to welfare, income assistance, health care, and other social security programs; imperialism and war as a factor in the further oppression and immiseration of disabled people within the United States and globally; and the need to build unity against the divisive tendencies which hide the common economic interest shared between disabled people and the often highly-exploited direct care workers who provide services to the former.

Author : Akihiko Matsui
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 9811376239
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Economy and Disability written by Akihiko Matsui and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2019-09-13 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Society has developed so that it accommodates the needs of intertwined people, but a question arises as to which people have been accommodated. Has everyone been taken care of in an equal manner? If not, who has fallen into the gap between the institutions that are supposed to accommodate them? This book is a study of these issues of economy and disability using game theory, which has provided a means of analyzing various social phenomena. Part I provides actual cases related to economy and disability, with the stories based on interviews by the author. Part II is geared toward a game theoretic analysis. This book explains disability-related issues by game theory and innovates that theory by deeply contemplating the issues. It is not common that first-rate theorists manage to make their research relevant and applicable to the most pressing problems our society faces these days. This is the remarkable achievement of this book. Akihiko Matsui, an internationally recognized leader in economic theory, succeeds in bringing profound game theoretical insights to the questions of disability, the social norms relating to it, and the ethical and economic problems they raise. The book is a tour de force, brilliantly combining economic and sociology, mathematics and philosophy, to provide us a fresh look at the way we run modern societies. Itzahk Gilboa, Professor, Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel-Aviv University and Professor of Economics and Decision Sciences, HEC, Paris The present world faces a broad range of societal problems such as discrimination against minorities and conflicts between groups. The market mechanism may solve some of these dilemmas, but many others remain. This book targets various societal problems and provides game theoretical approaches to them, stressing the importance of social institutions including the market system and individual interactive attitudes to society. Aki Matsui’s splendid Economy and Disability is indispensable for students and scholars interested in social science, particularly in economic theory, and gives a better understanding of these phenomena and their potential cures. Mamoru Kaneko, Professor, Faculty of Political Science and Economics, Waseda University In this book, Aki Matsui is revealed to be a fully-fledged humanist in the guise of a game theoretician. He beautifully presents game-theoretical ideas while at the same time suggesting how society should relate to the disabled. This unique combination makes Economy and Disability—apart from anything else—a truly moving book. Ariel Rubinstein, Professor of Economics, Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel-Aviv University and Professor of Economics, New York University

Author : P.R. de Jong
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 1483294862
Total Pages : 395 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Economic Aspects of Disability Behavior written by P.R. de Jong and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2016-01-21 with total page 395 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the more striking aspects of the Dutch Welfare State is its apparent difficulty in controlling the number of transfer recipients. A prime example of this management problem is the Disability Insurance program. This monograph presents a thorough investigation of the behavioral responses of employees and firms to this generous disability scheme. The heart of the study is the empirical part based on a rich data set of persons who apply for benefits and those who do not. The data derive both from self-reports as well as medical and vocational expert evaluations. Combining facets of health economics, medical sociology and econometric technique, the authors are able to reveal the intricate causalities that underlie the disability process.

Author : Susan Hammerman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780960555406
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Economics of Disability written by Susan Hammerman and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Kamal Lamichhane
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107064066
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Disability, Education and Employment in Developing Countries written by Kamal Lamichhane and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015-01-15 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book describes how education in particular helps make persons with disabilities achieve economic independence and social inclusion.