‘I Know My Rights, but Am I Better Off?’: Institutions and Disability in Uganda
基于579名乌干达身体残疾者的数据，研究社会资本因素如何影响其对残疾相关正式制度的了解，并发现这种知识与收入正相关，且存在性别差异。
Uganda is internationally recognised for both its legal and constitutional provisions for people with disabilities, and the presence of disabled persons’ organisations that provide informal advocacy and support. Using a unique dataset of 579 Ugandans with physical disabilities, we develop a conceptual framework on social capital to investigate the factors correlated with knowledge of formal institutions that target disability. In examining whether this knowledge results in higher incomes we find that gender matters. A woman’s education and membership of external networks are correlates of knowledge; higher levels of this knowledge are associated with substantially higher levels of income.