Gender health inequalities and economic productivity in OECD countries

Gavurová, Beata; Ivanková, Viera; Rigelský, Martin; Suler, Peter

doi:10.1080/1331677x.2020.1845762

Cited by 6 publications

(6 citation statements)

References 52 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…To answer those questions, two GMM models, separately for men and women, are calculated ( 45 , 46 ). GMM models help avoid OLS method requirements, usually challenging to fulfill, like the normality of variable distributions.…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

How the Labor Market Affects the Self-Perceived Health of Older Workers. The Evidence From Central and Eastern European Countries (CEECs)

Ucieklak-Jeż

Bem

2021

Front. Public Health

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Background: The paper aims to analyze the impact of key labor market indicators on the self-assessed health of the population of older workers (aged 55–64).Methods: Authors build the econometric models where the dependent variable is the self-perceived health status (for women and men separately). Explanatory variables are selected key indicators of the labor market, covering unemployment, including long-term, inactivity, or under-employment. The average household income is used to control the effect of wealth. Additionally, the models incorporate the variable describing the proximity of retirement. The research sample consists of nine countries of Central and Eastern Europe: Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Bulgaria, and Romania.Results and Conclusions: The study confirms that in the group of elderly workers, the perceived state of health is influenced by long-term unemployment, inactivity, and, in the case of women, time-related underemployment.

show abstract

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

How the Labor Market Affects the Self-Perceived Health of Older Workers. The Evidence From Central and Eastern European Countries (CEECs)

Ucieklak-Jeż

Bem

2021

Front. Public Health

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…During the different phases of the pandemic, many countries either stopped or moved to remote working for nonessential economic activities to avoid the collapse of national health systems (Chauhan et al, 2020;Troccoli et al, 2021;Larsen & Schaeffer, 2021;Negură et al, 2021, Caplanova et al, 2021b, Carlotti, 2021. Conse-quently, the pandemic affected global economic growth and caused widespread job layoffs (Salman, 2021;Kim, 2022;Gavurova et al, 2020b;Stefancik et al, 2021;Vorobeva & Dana, 2021), leading to an increase in unemployment (Barbieri Góes & Gallo, 2021;Su et al, 2021;Svabova et al, 2021), adverse effects on global trade (Espitia et al, 2021;Vidya & Prabheesh, 2020) as well as the tourism and travel sectors (Zhang et al, 2021a;Duro et al, 2021) and reductions in the global flows of foreign direct investments (Giofré, 2021;Kiruba & Vasantha, 2021).…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Economic growth and labour market in the European Union: lessons from COVID-19

Přívara

2022

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Research background: The world has been fighting the new pandemic caused by COVID-19 since March 2020. The subsequent restrictions on economic activity resulted in a supply shock, accompanied by a supply chain disruption, job layoffs, reduced work time and wages and decreased disposable incomes and taxes, which led to a demand shock. However, whether a close link exists between the number of confirmed cases, deaths and economic indicators during the COVID-19 pandemic remains uncertain. Purpose of the article: The current study aims to analyse the impact of the number of infections and deaths on economic growth and labour market indicators in the member states of the European Union. Methods: To achieve the main research goal, we conduct a panel data analysis on the quarterly data of 2020. Specifically, we developed three random-effects panel data econometric models to estimate the significance of infection and mortality rates for economic growth as well as employment and unemployment rates. Findings & value added: This study contributes to the existing literature by analysing the link between the infection and mortality rates of COVID-19 and selecting macro-economic indicators within the European Union. The results show that the infection rate is not a significant variable for economic growth and labour market indicators. However, an increase in the number of confirmed deaths has a significantly negative impact on the economy. Moreover, an increase in the mortality rate has a worse impact on the labour market than on economic growth in general. These results can serve as a theoretical basis for future research on the interconnections between pandemics and macro-economic indicators. The findings can also contribute to developing efficient policy instruments for mitigating the negative impact of pandemics in the future, thereby ensuring the cooperation of fiscal, monetary and health policy authorities.

show abstract

“…Finally, we document potential changes in obesity status inequalities over time by comparing two different points in time (i.e., 20-year horizon). Importantly, due to documented substantial health status differences between women and men (Ferretti & Mariani, 2017 ; Gavurova et al, 2021 ; Zhang & Wang, 2004 ), the analysis is performed differentiating by gender.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Income-related inequality in obesity and its determinants in Spain: What happens beyond the obesity threshold?

Raftopoulou

Gil

2023

Int J Health Econ Manag.

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

This paper computes and decomposes income-related inequalities in three metrics of obesity, namely, status, depth and severity, for Spain, a European country characterized by a universal health care system with very high and rising obesity prevalence rates. Furthermore, this paper investigates the main determinants of the reduction in obesity inequalities observed over time among the female Spanish population. To compute these inequality indexes, we use cross-sectional and individual-level data gathered from the Spanish National Health Survey. We document income-related inequalities in obesity, that are more pronounced in depth and severity and are to the detriment of poor women in Spain. University education is the most important determinant for all three inequality indexes. We further report that inequalities in obesity tend to decline over time for women, which is explained mainly by a substantial decrease in the degree of inequality in secondary education and a large decrease in the income elasticity of obesity.

show abstract

Gender health inequalities and economic productivity in OECD countries

Cited by 6 publications

References 52 publications

How the Labor Market Affects the Self-Perceived Health of Older Workers. The Evidence From Central and Eastern European Countries (CEECs)

How the Labor Market Affects the Self-Perceived Health of Older Workers. The Evidence From Central and Eastern European Countries (CEECs)

Economic growth and labour market in the European Union: lessons from COVID-19

Income-related inequality in obesity and its determinants in Spain: What happens beyond the obesity threshold?

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About