European Workers’ Health and Well-Being: Do gender Gaps Persist Between 2010 and 2015?

• Maria Cruz Merino Llorente ^[1] ; Noelia Somarriba Arechavala ^[1] ; Carmen García Prieto ^[1]
  1. [1] Universidad de Valladolid

     Universidad de Valladolid

     Valladolid, España

     
• Localización: Revista de economía mundial, ISSN 1576-0162, Nº 63, 2023, págs. 117-137
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.33776/rem.vi63.7207
• Títulos paralelos:
  • Salud y bienestar de los trabajadores europeos. ¿Persisten las diferencias de género entre 2010 y 2015?
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  • español

    Tras la crisis de 2008, las diferencias de género en salud y bienestar de los trabajadores han persistido en los diferentes países de la UE. A partir de los datos de la Encuesta Europea de Condiciones de Trabajo de 2010 y 2015, se estiman indicadores sintéticos por género, mediante la medida de distancia P2, considerando el estado de salud de los trabajadores y los factores ambientales, organizativos y psicosociales en el trabajo.

    El estudio intenta responder a preguntas como qué países mostraron las mayores y menores brechas de género en ambos años y dónde se ampliaron o redujeron, así como qué mecanismos apoyan estos resultados.

    Por tanto, serían deseables políticas dirigidas a prevenir y abordar los riesgos laborales, especialmente los psicosociales, para reducir estas brechas..

  • English

    After the 2008 crisis, gender gaps in workers' health and well-being have persisted in different EU countries. Using 2010 and 2015 data from the European Working Conditions Survey, this paper estimates synthetic indicators by gender, considering workers' health status as well as environmental, organisational and psychosocial factors at work, by means of the P2 distance measure.

    The study attempts to answer questions such as which countries evidenced the largest and smallest gender gaps in both years and where these gaps widened or narrowed in addition to what mechanisms support these results.

    Policies aimed at preventing and addressing occupational risks –in particular, psychosocial risks– would therefore be desirable to reduce these gaps.

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