Labour market access, family responsibilities and health perception of Italian women

Raffaella Patimo (raffaella.patimo@uniba.it) and Chiara Mussida
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Raffaella Patimo: Università degli Studi di Bari "Aldo Moro”

No 04-2017, SERIES from Dipartimento di Economia e Finanza - Università degli Studi di Bari "Aldo Moro"

Abstract: The aim of this paper is to highlight the determinants of female employment in Italy in recent years, when education, costumes, family composition and social and individual preferences for family and work have considerably changed from the past. Nevertheless, the difficulties Italian women still experience in planning and carrying out their (potential) professional and private life have no similar explanations in other countries. We calculate the impact of several features of women’s life in determining their employment and we find highly significant results which help to explain the situation. Furthermore, we investigate what shape the perception of their health status using the same variables. We find significant results also for explaining the health status of women through the (multiple) family burdens and the chance to have a job.

Keywords: female employment; family burdens; health outcome (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C25 E24 I10 J13 J21 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 277
Date: 2017-10, Revised 2017-10
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