Gendered employment trajectories and later life health in liberal regime countries: A quantitative study in the United States, England, Switzerland and Chile

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dc.article.number105216
dc.catalogadorpva
dc.contributor.authorMadero Cabib, Ignacio
dc.contributor.authorAzar Denecken, Ariel Ricardo
dc.contributor.authorBaumann, Isabel
dc.contributor.authorBiehl Lundberg, Andrés
dc.contributor.authorCorna, Laurie
dc.contributor.authorMautz, Eric
dc.contributor.authorYopo Díaz, Martina Irina
dc.date.accessioned2024-12-04T20:20:46Z
dc.date.available2024-12-04T20:20:46Z
dc.date.issued2025
dc.description.abstractWe explore the association between adulthood employment patterns and later life health among men and women in four liberal regime countries: two from Europe (England and Switzerland) and two from the Americas (United States and Chile). We carefully harmonized life-history data from the surveys SHARE (N = 1,143), HRS (N = 4,006), ELSA (N = 3,083), and EVDA (N = 802). The samples included individuals born between 1944 and 1954, with information on employment histories from age 15 to 65 and on 11 health outcomes in later life. In line with welfare regime and health literature, we find significant differences in health outcomes between countries, which are likely explained by differences in health systems. However, we extend previous literature by showing that positive health outcomes are consistently explained by standard employment histories, and poor health outcomes are consistently explained by non-standard employment histories. Importantly, men and women following the same employment pathway across countries are either similarly penalized or compensated in their health. This suggests that it is not gender per se that affects health in later life, but the employment trajectory experienced. Nonetheless, women are disproportionately more likely to experience non-standard employment and thus suffer a greater health disadvantage. Policy measures to mitigate negative health effects of non-standard employment trajectories may therefore pay attention to the specific reasons why women are more likely to experience non-standard trajectories.
dc.format.extent12 páginas
dc.fuente.origenSIPA
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.healthpol.2024.105216
dc.identifier.issn0168-8510
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2024.105216
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/89108
dc.information.autorucInstituto de Sociología; Madero Cabib, Ignacio; 0000-0002-9918-8562; 1009588
dc.information.autorucInstituto de Sociología; Azar Denecken, Ariel Ricardo; 0000-0002-4868-8081; 188461
dc.information.autorucInstituto de Sociología; Biehl Lundberg, Andrés; 0000-0001-9795-8431; 126826
dc.information.autorucInstituto de Sociología; Yopo Díaz, Martina Irina; S/I; 1367085
dc.language.isoen
dc.nota.accesocontenido parcial
dc.pagina.final12
dc.pagina.inicio1
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.revistaHealth Policy
dc.rightsacceso restringido
dc.subjectWelfare state
dc.subjectLater life
dc.subjectLife course
dc.subjectEmployment
dc.subjectGender
dc.subject.ddc300
dc.subject.deweyCiencias socialeses_ES
dc.subject.ods03 Good health and well-being
dc.subject.ods05 Gender equality
dc.subject.odspa03 Salud y bienestar
dc.subject.odspa05 Igualdad de género
dc.titleGendered employment trajectories and later life health in liberal regime countries: A quantitative study in the United States, England, Switzerland and Chile
dc.typeartículo
dc.volumen152
sipa.codpersvinculados1009588
sipa.codpersvinculados188461
sipa.codpersvinculados126826
sipa.codpersvinculados1367085
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