An analysis of the cost of disability across Europe using the standard of living approach

• Autores: José Ignacio Antón Pérez, Francisco Javier Braña Pino, Rafael Muñoz de Bustillo Llorente
• Localización: Notas técnicas: [continuación de Documentos de Trabajo FUNCAS], ISSN-e 1988-8767, Nº. 645, 2011
• Idioma: inglés
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  • This article presents for the first time a comparative study of the cost of disability for 26 European countries. Using the European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions 2008 and two alternative methodologies, one based on how easy or difficult it is for households to make ends meet and the other related to access of households to a set of services and assets, we present estimates of the extra costs of disability for households. Also discussed are the possible explanatory reasons for the pattern of costs found in the analysis.