Mainstreaming the Gender: Measuring the Job Attributes and Gender Differences across Selected EU Member States

Jaroslav Mihálik and Alexandra Matejková
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Jaroslav Mihálik: Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius, 91701 Trnava, Slovakia
Alexandra Matejková: Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius, 91701 Trnava, Slovakia

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 8, 1-19

Abstract: In our research article, we expect that the job attitudes of men and women should converge, and their declared different preferences for job attributes should decrease. We also expect that the preference for job attributes aimed at comfortable working conditions should be closer between men and women due to the growing balance of men’s and women’s role distribution within the household. Therefore, the main goal of the research, using quantitative research methods and using data from the European Values Study (EVS), is to identify the gender differences, if any, in the preferences for external and internal job attributes across selected EU member states. In particular, we focus on the importance of work for men and women; gender differences in job attributes; the preference for external and internal job attributes; the inclination of gender stereotypes and attitudes toward gender roles division; and the comparison of gender equality and job attribute preference in the selected EU countries. Our conclusions confirmed parallels between gender stereotypes and equality among the Western, Eastern, and Southern EU member states.

Keywords: job attributes; gender differences; gender equality; gender mainstreaming; European Values Study (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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