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Gender roles and selection mechanisms across contexts: a comparative analysis of the relationship between unemployment, self‐perceived health and gender
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Abstract Health literature shows that unemployment has a gendered effect on health. However, whether men or women are more affected and why remains unclear. We assume that unemployment harms women less than men because of two mechanisms: social roles theories and health selection. First, the availability and... view more
Health literature shows that unemployment has a gendered effect on health. However, whether men or women are more affected and why remains unclear. We assume that unemployment harms women less than men because of two mechanisms: social roles theories and health selection. First, the availability and centrality in individuals’ lives of roles other than employment may reduce the detrimental effect of unemployment for women. Second, the gendered impact of unemployment on health results from the different ways selection mechanisms operate across genders. Moreover, these two mechanisms may operate differently in different contexts - for example, across different gender regimes. We investigate this by pursuing a three-step comparative approach. The analysis relies on EU-SILC data covering Italy and Sweden for 2004 to 2015 and SOEP data for Germany (1995-2017) and applies correlated dynamic random-effects probit models. While we find weak support for the role of health selection in shaping the relations between unemployment, health, and gender, our empirical results are in line with the hypothesis of a larger gendered effect in older (vs younger) cohorts, western (vs eastern) Germany and Italy (vs. Sweden). Future empirical research needs to directly address the role of gender regimes in moderating such complex relationships.... view less
Keywords
unemployment; health consequences; psychological consequences; well-being; gender-specific factors; gender role; Italy; Sweden; Federal Republic of Germany; New Federal States; old federal states; comparative research; role; theory
Classification
Medical Sociology
Women's Studies, Feminist Studies, Gender Studies
Free Keywords
dynamic panel models; health inequality; social selection; unemployment consequences; European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC), 2004-2015; German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), 1995-2017
Document language
English
Publication Year
2022
Page/Pages
p. 641-662
Journal
Sociology of Health & Illness, 44 (2022) 3
ISSN
1467-9566
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed