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Mind the glass ceiling: The gender gap in how depressive symptoms after age 55 relate to earlier career mobility in CONSTANCES

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  • Beaufils, Constance
  • Wiernik, Emmanuel
  • Cambois, Emmanuelle

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A substantial body of research has shown an association between career mobility and mental health in later life through health selection and causal processes, with favourable health outcomes associated with upward mobility. However, gender differences in these associations have been largely overlooked, despite evidence of gender inequalities in career opportunities.

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  • Beaufils, Constance & Wiernik, Emmanuel & Cambois, Emmanuelle, 2024. "Mind the glass ceiling: The gender gap in how depressive symptoms after age 55 relate to earlier career mobility in CONSTANCES," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 362(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:socmed:v:362:y:2024:i:c:s0277953624009006
    DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2024.117446
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