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

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  • Raffaella Patimo

    (Università degli Studi di Bari "Aldo Moro”)

  • Chiara Mussida

    (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore)

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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.

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  • Raffaella Patimo & Chiara Mussida, 2017. "Labour market access, family responsibilities and health perception of Italian women," SERIES 04-2017, Dipartimento di Economia e Finanza - Università degli Studi di Bari "Aldo Moro", revised Oct 2017.
    • Handle: RePEc:bai:series:series_wp_04-2017
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    Keywords

    female employment; family burdens; health outcome;
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    JEL classification:

    • C25 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Discrete Regression and Qualitative Choice Models; Discrete Regressors; Proportions; Probabilities
    • E24 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Employment; Unemployment; Wages; Intergenerational Income Distribution; Aggregate Human Capital; Aggregate Labor Productivity
    • I10 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - General
    • J13 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
    • J21 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure

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