disability (i.e., medical impairments) in China using data from the 2006 Second National Survey of Disabled Persons. We then … calculate the extra costs of disability across different types of households and show how these costs differ by the type and … severity of disability in both urban and rural areas. Finally, we use nationally representative panel data on persons with …

—defined using both the new six-question sequence on disability and the traditional work-limitation question—spend more time on … both reported a work limitation and responded “yes” to any of the questions in the six-question disability sequence spend … women who report a disability work fewer hours per day than men and women without disabilities. The largest difference is …