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Workplace Well-being, Gender and Age: Examining the ‘Double Jeopardy’ Effect

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  • Daniela Wilks
  • Félix Neto

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This study examines the effects of age and gender on work-related subjective well-being, looking at job-related affective well-being and job satisfaction. Specifically, it investigates whether older women, who may be doubly disadvantaged in being old and being women, are victims of a “double jeopardy” effect. Self-reported survey-data were obtained from 446 adults employed full-time. The results of this study suggest that age seems to matter more than gender in the workplace, and that aging is associated with lower job-related well-being and higher job satisfaction. Although older women reported slightly lower job-related affective well-being than men, the decrease of subjective well-being with age impacts on both genders. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2013

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  • Daniela Wilks & Félix Neto, 2013. "Workplace Well-being, Gender and Age: Examining the ‘Double Jeopardy’ Effect," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 114(3), pages 875-890, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:soinre:v:114:y:2013:i:3:p:875-890
    DOI: 10.1007/s11205-012-0177-7
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