Everyday Life Infrastructure Impact on Subjective Well-Being in the European Union: A Gender Perspective

Gloria Alarcón-García (), Edgardo Arturo Ayala Gaytán, José Manuel Mayor Balsas and Claudia María Quintanilla Domínguez
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Gloria Alarcón-García: Department of Public Sector Economics and Taxation, Universidad de Murcia, 30100 Murcia, Spain
Edgardo Arturo Ayala Gaytán: Tecnológico de Monterrey, Monterrey 64849, Mexico
José Manuel Mayor Balsas: Department of Sociology, Universidad de Murcia, 30100 Murcia, Spain
Claudia María Quintanilla Domínguez: Tecnológico de Monterrey, Monterrey 64849, Mexico

Societies, 2024, vol. 14, issue 9, 1-15

Abstract: This paper processes the 2015 Benefits of Gender Equality through Infrastructure Provision (BGEIP) Survey, a representative survey for the EU-28, to estimating the impact of everyday life infrastructure access on subjective well-being (SWB) from a gender perspective in Europe. Our estimations prove that accessing everyday life infrastructure in Europe indeed increases SWB, but it contributes to increasing more the SWB of women than that of men. Women’s well-being is positively affected for all kinds of everyday life infrastructures, but the differences with respect to men are larger for the Nursery category for children up to 3 years and for the Centers category for people with long term disabilities. In contrast, men’s well-being is only sensitive to the Health infrastructure and to the Gym and Workout places. Clearly, targeting infrastructure investment helping women in caring children, and other dependents in the family constitute an excellent vehicle for increasing women’s SWB and reducing gender inequality in Europe.

Keywords: everyday life infrastructure; subjective well-being; gender analysis; gender inequality (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A13 A14 P P0 P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 Z1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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