@article{8a1046d3a44142308ccfa13fc10e87a9,
title = "Disability and the Rural Labor Market in India: Evidence for Males in Tamil Nadu",
abstract = "This paper examines the differences in employment and wages between males with and without disabilities, using data from the Village Disability Survey conducted in Tamil Nadu, India. We find that the employment gap between individuals with and without disability is not explained by differences in human capital and productivity, and may result from differential returns to characteristics and from discrimination in access to employment. Results from a selectivity-corrected wage equation suggest that wages are not statistically different between disabled and non-disabled males.",
keywords = "India, South Asia, disability, logit decomposition, rural employment",
author = "Sophie Mitra and Usha Sambamoorthi",
note = "Funding Information: We have benefited from insightful comments on an earlier version by Philip O{\textquoteright}Keefe, Robert Brent, Ira Gang, William G. Johnson, Darryl McLeod and four anonymous reviewers. We also thank session participants at the Advancing Health Equity conference of the World Institute of Development Economics Research, and at the 2006 Eastern Economic Association, and seminar participants at Fordham University, the Indian Statistical Institute in Kolkata, the London School of Economics and Political Science (Development Studies Institute), and the University of Pretoria. All errors or omissions are those of the authors. The funding support of Fordham University through a faculty research grant and the World Bank for conducting this study is gratefully acknowledged. The views expressed should not be attributed to the World Bank or any other organizations.",
year = "2008",
month = may,
doi = "10.1016/j.worlddev.2007.04.022",
language = "English",
volume = "36",
pages = "934--952",
journal = "World Development",
issn = "0305-750X",
publisher = "Elsevier BV",
number = "5",
}