Gender Inequality in Europe and the Life Satisfaction of Working and Non-working Women

dc.contributor.authorBaslevent, Cem
dc.contributor.authorKirmanoglu, Hasan
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-18T20:42:13Z
dc.date.available2024-07-18T20:42:13Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.departmentİstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractEmpirical analysis of data drawn from the European Social Survey reveals that-after individual characteristics are controlled for-women engaging in market work and housework have similar life satisfaction levels. Complementing the micro-level data from the survey with country-level variables, namely GDP per capita and gender inequality (measured by the World Economic Forum's Global Gender Gap Index, GGGI), we estimate a multilevel regression model to shed light on the contextual factors of the life satisfaction of women in Europe. We find that working women's well-being relative to housewives is greater in countries where the GGGI indicates a smaller gender gap, i.e. where women are in a better position in terms of equality with men in the public domains. We interpret this finding to mean that the so-called 'paradox of declining female happiness' is in part due to persistent gender roles which appear to have a larger impact on the well-being of working women.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s10902-016-9719-z
dc.identifier.endpage124en_US
dc.identifier.issn1389-4978
dc.identifier.issn1573-7780
dc.identifier.issue1en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-84954118762en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1en_US
dc.identifier.startpage107en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-016-9719-z
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11411/7189
dc.identifier.volume18en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000394321100006en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ1en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSpringeren_US
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Happiness Studiesen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subjectGender İnequalityen_US
dc.subjectLife Satisfactionen_US
dc.subjectEuropean Social Surveyen_US
dc.subjectGlobal Gender Gap Indexen_US
dc.subjectMultilevel Regressionen_US
dc.subjectHousehold Laboren_US
dc.subjectPaid Worken_US
dc.subjectTimeen_US
dc.subjectHappinessen_US
dc.subjectHouseworken_US
dc.subjectHealthen_US
dc.subjectPreferencesen_US
dc.subjectDivisionen_US
dc.subjectBehavioren_US
dc.subjectReligionen_US
dc.titleGender Inequality in Europe and the Life Satisfaction of Working and Non-working Womenen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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