How Does Gender Inequality Affect a Country�s Economic Performance?

Klasen, Stephan; Thinking, Latest

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“…In terms of gender, the decline in subjective wellbeing is more pronounced in women when they experience health shocks, chronic health shocks, and acute health shocks. Gender inequality has been studied as a form of injustice that can reduce public wellbeing (88). Women are relatively disadvantaged in terms of educational opportunities, division of labor, interpersonal network construction, and access to socio-economic resources due to traditional gender roles (89).…”

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A study on the impact of health shocks on subjective wellbeing of middle-aged people and older adults—Evidence from China

Xu,

Gu,

Jia

et al. 2024

Front. Public Health

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IntroductionThe health issues that afflict middle-aged people and older individuals are a significant factor that affects their quality of life. It is crucial to investigate the impact of health shocks on the subjective wellbeing of this demographic and the mechanisms that underlie this impact to promote healthy aging.MethodsThis study utilized data from the China Family Panel Study in 2018 and 2020 to analyze the effects of HSs and their categories on the subjective wellbeing of middle-aged people and older individuals using the propensity score matching difference-in-differences method. Additionally, the study explored the mediating role of social participation.ResultsThe findings indicate that health shocks, both chronic and acute, diminish the subjective wellbeing of middle-aged people and older adults. Furthermore, these shocks have a more significant negative effect on the subjective wellbeing of individuals aged 60 and above, women in the middle-aged and older demographic, individuals in rural areas who belong to the middle-aged and older age groups, and individuals possessing activities of daily living. The mechanism analysis revealed that health shocks, both chronic and acute, reduce the subjective wellbeing of middle-aged people and older individuals by disrupting partnerships.DiscussionLowering the possibility of health shocks, the government should build a strong health management system and improve the health insurance system to enable timely treatment for persons suffering from health shocks. Individuals and families should live healthy lives and engage in social activities to avoid health shocks and improve subjective wellbeing.

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A study on the impact of health shocks on subjective wellbeing of middle-aged people and older adults—Evidence from China

Xu,

Gu,

Jia

et al. 2024

Front. Public Health

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“…At the country level, gender inequality can be best understood as a rentier system (Braunstein 2008, 2014; Braunstein and Folbre 2001; Folbre 1997; see also Hartmann 1981). Under this system rent‐earning men are collectively highly motivated, and able, to limit the autonomy of women, even if greater autonomy for women produce higher collective returns (Dollar and Gatti 1999) such as the economic growth that correlates with social and political trust (Klasen 1999; Klasen and Lamanna 2009). As a rentier system, gender inequality necessarily erodes the expectation of reciprocity associated with thin trust.…”

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Investigating the relationship between gender equality and citizen trust: Evidence from Latin America

Lee,

Ottervik

2024

Social Science Quarterly

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ObjectivesPrevious research has shown a relationship between social and economic equality and trust, but the relationship between gender equality and trust has received relatively little attention. This study addresses that lacuna and analyzes the relationship between gender equality and political trust as well as social trust.MethodsUsing the 2015 Latinobarómetro, we test the relationship between two types of gender equality, labor gender equality and overall gender equality, and two types of trust, political trust and social trust in a series of regressions.ResultsThe results show that gender equality is positively associated with social and political trust. In particular, the magnitude of association of labor gender equality with social trust is greater than that of overall gender equality. Also, the magnitude of association of overall gender equality with political trust is greater than that of labor gender equality.ConclusionsOur article contributes to the literature by demonstrating that overall gender equality and labor gender equality have varying association with trust depending on types of trust.

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“…Rather than women's empowerment being a product of democracy (see e.g., Sung, 2003), the level of subordination of women appears to predict quality of democracy and democratization (see Basáñez, 2005; Dilli, 2018; Wyndow et al., 2013). Beyond democracy, the level of subordination of women by men is also a significant predictor of the development that reduced corruption is meant to bring about (see e.g., Braunstein, 2008, 2014; Klasen & Silva, 2018). In the gender and corruption literature, while different measures of gender inequality have been used in studies on the link between women's representation and corruption (e.g., Esarey & Chirillo, 2013; Esarey & Schwindt‐Bayer, 2018; Swamy et al., 2001), few studies have made the effect of gender system the focus of the analysis.…”

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Gender system and corruption: Patriarchy as a predictor of “fairness”

Ottervik

2022

Governance

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This article tests gender system as a mediator in the relationship between gender and corruption. Using data from World Values Survey we find a robust, significant link between acceptance of patriarchy and acceptance of corruption. We also find a significant link between acceptance of male superiority and acceptance of corruption. In the relationship between gender and attitudes toward corruption, gender system is a consistently statistically significant predictor of acceptance of corruption whereas gender is not. The predictive power of acceptance of patriarchy and male superiority on corruption holds even with extensive controls. These results provide insight into the link between gender and corruption and suggest some of the wide-ranging effects of gender system on the political system.

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How Does Gender Inequality Affect a Country�s Economic Performance?

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A study on the impact of health shocks on subjective wellbeing of middle-aged people and older adults—Evidence from China

A study on the impact of health shocks on subjective wellbeing of middle-aged people and older adults—Evidence from China

Investigating the relationship between gender equality and citizen trust: Evidence from Latin America

Gender system and corruption: Patriarchy as a predictor of “fairness”

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