What Are Reasons for the Large Gender Differences in the Lethality of Suicidal Acts? An Epidemiological Analysis in Four European Countries

Abstract Institutional contexts shape learning participation throughout the course of life. Combining micro-data on adult education from 26 European countries with country-level indicators on retirement systems in multi-level logistic regression models, the focus is on analysis of participation in non-formal learning among people aged 50–64 and its interactions with retirement policies. The analysis makes use of the largest sample of European countries used so far for exploring the issue. For the first time, gender differences in retirement policies are considered. The results imply that for all women and highly educated men, participation in non-formal training is higher when retirement age in the country is set at 65 years or higher. However, men with less education do not profit from a higher retirement age because their training participation remains unaffected by retirement policies. In the current analysis, training participation in older age groups remains unaffected by the generosity of pensions. The results outline gender differences in learning participation in older age groups. Also, after the age of 50, men with a low education are at particular risk of labour market exclusion and unemployment because the retirement age in European countries keeps rising and technological advancements make additional demands on workers’ skills.

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Gender differences in drinking patterns in nine European countries: Descriptive findings

Substance Abuse ◽

10.1080/08897070109511446 ◽

2001 ◽

Vol 22 (1) ◽

pp. 69-85 ◽

Cited By ~ 28

Author(s):

Salme Ahlström ◽

Kim Bloomfield ◽

Ronald Knibbe

Keyword(s):

Gender Differences ◽

European Countries ◽

Drinking Patterns

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Ostatni rok życia Polaków w świetle danych SHARE: analiza porównawcza

Studia Demograficzne ◽

10.33119/sd.2013.1.3 ◽

2013 ◽

pp. 53-72

Author(s):

Małgorzata Kalbarczyk-Stęclik ◽

Anna Nicińska

Keyword(s):

Gender Differences ◽

Comparative Analysis ◽

End Of Life ◽

Cause Of Death ◽

European Countries ◽

Daily Activities ◽

Dramatic Decrease ◽

International Context ◽

Polish People ◽

Health Deterioration

The paper aims at describing the last year of life of Polish people in comparison with previous years of their life. We include international context as well as gender differences in the analysis. A descriptive part of the paper is based on data from end-of-life interviews of the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE). The second part – comparative analysis – in addition to the end-of-life interviews takes into account regular interviews conducted in previous waves. We find differences in the process of health deterioration in the last year of life by cause of death. In particular, individuals who died due to cancer were often relatively healthy in the preceding years of life, but experienced a dramatic decrease in health during the last year of life. Another finding is that time spent in the hospital significantly increases in the last year of life. Moreover, we find that number of daily activities’ limitations is positively associated with care received in the last year of life. The results show that the last year of life is often significantly different than preceding years of life both in Poland and other European countries.

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Occupational Segregation and Gender Differences in Sickness Absence: Evidence from 17 European Countries

European Sociological Review ◽

10.1093/esr/jcu059 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 30 (5) ◽

pp. 582-594 ◽

Cited By ~ 13

Author(s):

Arne Mastekaasa ◽

Anne May Melsom

Keyword(s):

Gender Differences ◽

Sickness Absence ◽

Occupational Segregation ◽

European Countries ◽

And Gender

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Child murder and gender differences – A nationwide register-based study of filicide offenders in two European countries

Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology ◽

10.1080/14789941003721050 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 21 (5) ◽

pp. 637-648 ◽

Cited By ~ 13

Author(s):

Hanna Putkonen ◽

Sabine Amon ◽

Markku Eronen ◽

Claudia M. Klier ◽

Maria P. Almiron ◽

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Keyword(s):

Gender Differences ◽

European Countries ◽

Child Murder ◽

And Gender

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Work-to-Family Enrichment and Gender Inequalities in Eight European Countries

10.31235/osf.io/vzphs ◽

2017 ◽

Author(s):

Barbara Beham ◽

Sonja Drobnič ◽

Patrick Präg ◽

Andreas Baierl ◽

Suzan Lewis

Keyword(s):

Gender Differences ◽

Public Discourse ◽

Role Theory ◽

European Countries ◽

Gender Egalitarianism ◽

National Differences ◽

And Gender ◽

Work Family ◽

Work Family Enrichment ◽

Family Enrichment

All social roles have positive and rewarding as well as negative or problematic aspects. Research on the work–family interface has predominantly focused on conflicting roles. In contrast, this paper extends research on work–family enrichment (WFE), a positive aspect of work and gender differences in WFE in a cross-national context. Drawing upon social role theory and the culture sensitive theory on work–family enrichment, we examined gender differences in experiences of developmental WFE in a sample of service sector employees in eight European countries. In line with traditional gender roles, women reported more WFE than men. The relationship was moderated by both an objective and subjective measure of gender egalitarianism but in the opposite direction as hypothesized. The gender gap in WFE was larger in more gender-egalitarian countries, where women may be better able to transfer resources from the work domain to benefit their family role than in low egalitarian societies. National differences in labor market factors, family models and the public discourse on work–life balance mainly explain the unanticipated findings.

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Gender differences in filicide offense characteristics—A comprehensive register-based study of child murder in two European countries

Child Abuse & Neglect ◽

10.1016/j.chiabu.2011.01.007 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 35 (5) ◽

pp. 319-328 ◽

Cited By ~ 31

Author(s):

Hanna Putkonen ◽

Sabine Amon ◽

Markku Eronen ◽

Claudia M. Klier ◽

Maria P. Almiron ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Gender Differences ◽

European Countries ◽

Child Murder ◽

Offense Characteristics

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The determinants of lifelong learning incidence across European countries (evidence from EU-SILC dataset)

Acta Oeconomica ◽

10.1556/aoecon.63.2013.1.5 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 63 (1) ◽

pp. 77-97 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Marco Biagetti ◽

Sergio Scicchitano

Keyword(s):

Gender Differences ◽

Lifelong Learning ◽

Small Firms ◽

European Countries ◽

Temporary Workers ◽

Men And Women ◽

Part Time ◽

Cross Country ◽

Shed Light ◽

Country Specific

The aim of this paper is to explore the potential of EU-SILC data to deepen our understanding of the determinants of workers’ formal lifelong learning (LLL) incidence in Europe. To this purpose, a twofold procedure is adopted here: first, LLL incidence is estimated for the total number of men and women taken separately, regardless of their country of residence; second, the information on the country where they live is taken into account and 21 country-specific equations are computed. Again, this is made for both sexes. This procedure allows us to shed light on cross-country gender differences. In the whole sample, our results show that for both men and women formal LLL incidence is significantly higher among young, better-educated, part-time and temporary workers, and lower among those who changed their job in the preceding year, are employed in small firms and have low-skilled occupations. When the above-mentioned separate equations are estimated for each country and for both sexes, relevant results emerge in the case of Scandinavian countries. Those results seem to be consistent with the implementation of the well-known “flexicurity” policy.

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