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Love Thy Neighbour? Social Attitudes Towards Persons With Disabilities

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  • Vuong, Vu
  • Palmer, Michael

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This paper examines whether exposure to persons with disabilities in the locality influences attitudes towards their social and economic inclusion. Using nationally representative household survey data from Vietnam and an instrumental variable strategy, we find that higher rates of disability in the local district increases perceptions of employers’ willingness to hire people with disabilities but also decreases support for the inclusion of children and persons with disabilities in regular schools, marriage and community living. The findings suggest that increased exposure can lead to more positive attitudes towards the capabilities of persons with disabilities but can lead to a backlash that reinforces social norms.

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  • Vuong, Vu & Palmer, Michael, 2024. "Love Thy Neighbour? Social Attitudes Towards Persons With Disabilities," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 174(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:wdevel:v:174:y:2024:i:c:s0305750x23002826
    DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2023.106464
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    Keywords

    Disability; Prejudice; Discrimination; Stigma; Vietnam;
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    JEL classification:

    • D83 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Search; Learning; Information and Knowledge; Communication; Belief; Unawareness
    • D91 - Microeconomics - - Micro-Based Behavioral Economics - - - Role and Effects of Psychological, Emotional, Social, and Cognitive Factors on Decision Making
    • I14 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health and Inequality
    • I15 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health and Economic Development
    • J14 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of the Elderly; Economics of the Handicapped; Non-Labor Market Discrimination

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