Mendoza Sánchez, José Antonio Descomponiendo la brecha de uso de TICs en las personas con discapacidad leve y grave en el Perú Mendoza Sánchez, José Antonio Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú - Departamento de Economía 02 de julio de 2019 centrolatam.digital

CONTEXT FOR DISABILITIES AND ICT RESEARCH QUESTIONS METHODOLOGY CENTRO DE POLÍTICA DIGITAL PARA AMÉRICA LATINA Nombre de la presentación CONTEXT FOR DISABILITIES AND ICT RESEARCH QUESTIONS METHODOLOGY FINDINGS RESEARCH AGENDA 2

Shedding light on the peruvian context… #CPRLATAM2019 Descomponiendo la brecha de uso de TICs en las personas con discapacidad leve y grave en el Perú

An increasingly important problem CENTRO DE POLÍTICA DIGITAL PARA AMÉRICA LATINA Nombre de la presentación An increasingly important problem 2012 Around 5.2% of the population faced some kind of disability. (ENEDIS) 2017 More than 10% of the population suffers some kind of disability. (National Census) Concerning the two subgroups of disabilities, trends also show a pesimistic prospect. 2

A couple of questions to be asked… #CPRLATAM2019 Descomponiendo la brecha de uso de TICs en las personas con discapacidad leve y grave en el Perú

2] How do the gap can be decomposed? CENTRO DE POLÍTICA DIGITAL PARA AMÉRICA LATINA Nombre de la presentación 1] Do ICTs make a difference among people with mild and severe disability when considering labor outcome? 2] How do the gap can be decomposed? 2

Proposed methodology… #CPRLATAM2019 Descomponiendo la brecha de uso de TICs en las personas con discapacidad leve y grave en el Perú

2] How do the gap can be decomposed? CENTRO DE POLÍTICA DIGITAL PARA AMÉRICA LATINA Nombre de la presentación 1] Do ICTs make a difference among people with mild and severe disability? - Asses if there is any kind of difference between people with mild and severe disability whena proxy for ICT is used. 2] How do the gap can be decomposed? - Decompose the gap using a non-parametric method (Ñopo, H. 2008). 2

Findings… #CPRLATAM2019 Descomponiendo la brecha de uso de TICs en las personas con discapacidad leve y grave en el Perú

Basic results for mobility disabilities Among people with CENTRO DE POLÍTICA DIGITAL PARA AMÉRICA LATINA Nombre de la presentación Basic results for mobility disabilities Among people with severe disability ICT can play a differentiating role in terms of labor outcome - There is certain gap! 2

Basic results for visual disabilities ICT seems to play a role CENTRO DE POLÍTICA DIGITAL PARA AMÉRICA LATINA Nombre de la presentación Basic results for visual disabilities ICT seems to play a role between people with mild - There is certain gap! 2

Decomposing the gap for mobility disabilities CENTRO DE POLÍTICA DIGITAL PARA AMÉRICA LATINA Nombre de la presentación Decomposing the gap for mobility disabilities 2

Decomposing the gap for visual disabilities CENTRO DE POLÍTICA DIGITAL PARA AMÉRICA LATINA Nombre de la presentación Decomposing the gap for visual disabilities 2

Taking conclusions into policy… #CPRLATAM2019 Descomponiendo la brecha de uso de TICs en las personas con discapacidad leve y grave en el Perú

Empowering people with disabilities using ICTs CENTRO DE POLÍTICA DIGITAL PARA AMÉRICA LATINA Nombre de la presentación Empowering people with disabilities using ICTs ICTs are considered a major tool in the “Plan Nacional de Accesibilidad para personas con Discapacidad” as a way to reduce barriers for people with disabilities. ICTs can make an improvement when considering labor market inclusion. Gender plays and important role explaing the gap  Gender, then, can be an important target for further integration of people with disabilities into the labor market  Endorse and support the use of ICT on women. 2

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