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Economic Aspects of Blindness and Low Vision: A New Perspective

1995; SAGE Publishing; Volume: 89; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1177/0145482x9508900606

1559-1476

Corinne Kirchner,

Economics of Agriculture and Food Markets

This article presents a theoretical perspective on the economic aspects of disability that acknowledges that cultural value systems affect the definition of costs. It also illustrates the need for better measures of productive activity by persons with disabilities in paid and unpaid work; other personal characteristics that may account for dependence, such as old age or illness; and costs created by social barriers, rather than by impairments themselves.