Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Chiara Mussida 
Author-X-Name-First: Chiara
Author-X-Name-Last: Mussida
Author-Email: chiara.mussida@unicatt.it
Author-Workplace-Name: DISCE, Università Cattolica
Author-Name: Raffaella Patimo
Author-X-Name-First: Raffaella
Author-X-Name-Last: Patimo
Author-Email: raffaella.patimo@uniba.it
Author-Workplace-Name: Dipartimento di Economia e Finanza, Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro.
Title: Women’s care responsibilities, employment and health: a two countries’ tale
Abstract: TPersistently low employment of women in some countries can still be attributed to a traditional perception of women’s role
in society. According to observed data and prevailing social and cultural norms, women have been bearing the primary
burdens of housework, childcare and other family responsibilities. The unequal share of these care
responsibilities between women and men further worsens the disadvantages of women in balancing public and private life,
with an impact on their employment and health outcomes. In this paper we investigate the role of family responsibilities in
shaping employment and health outcomes by gender, in Italy and France before and after the economic downturn. We find
results supporting the fact that gender differences in the share of responsibilities roles in the public and private sphere
influence the employability and health perception of women.
Length: 54 pages
Creation-Date: 2018-12
Publication-Status: Published in Review of Economics, Month aaaa, pages nn1-nn2
File-URL: https://dipartimenti.unicatt.it/dises-dises-wp_18_141.pdf
File-Format: Application/pdf
File-Function: First version, 2018
Number: dises141
Classification-JEL: C33, D13, I10, J13, J21
Keywords: Employment, Gender gap, Care responsibilities, Health
Handle: RePEc:ctc:serie2:dises141