22 research outputs found
Family care, employment and health of women: An international comparative view
No full textThe multidimensional pressure of simultaneous family care responsibilities, employment outcomes and health dynamics enact multiple effects on individuals, especially on women. In fact, women in Europe are traditionally the major suppliers of family care. This results in a lower presence of women in the labour market (employment) compared to men, as these latter bear lower family burdens. The unequal share of family care responsibilities between men and women also influences health perceptions and outcomes. We wonder if this is more a cause rather than an effect for women having multiple roles (housework, childcare, care of non autonomous family members, like elderly and disabled people). In this contribution, we investigate the role of family responsibilities in shaping employment and health outcomes, in an international comparative view, by considering a wide time period. We use cross-sectional data from the European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC) survey for (many) European Countries. Our empirical strategy allows us assessing the effect of family care responsibilities on both employment probability and health outcomes. The models are estimated separately by gender on the time span from 2005 to 2020. This enables us to ascertain the possible effects of the Great Recession and subsequent austerity measures, and the current COVID-19 pandemic on the role of family care responsibilities on employment and health by gender. Our results suggest a disadvantage for women, since most family responsibilities, i.e. care of children, elderly and/or disabled household members, are mainly negatively associated with their employment and health outcomes
Care, labour force participation and health: the case of Italy
No full textPurposeThis paper investigates the relationship between health and labour market participation considering the potential role played by the presence of children and elderly persons (with/without disabilities) in Italian households.Design/methodology/approachThe authors use longitudinal data from the European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions and full-information maximum likelihood to estimate a two-equation model (one equation for labour force participation and one for health status) with instruments to address the endogeneity of the labour force participation choice. The model is estimated separately by gender.FindingsThe authors find that while the presence of children, elderly persons or both is positively associated with the health status of both genders, the presence of disabled elderly persons exerts a negative role. As for participation, interesting differences emerge. The presence of children discourages women's participation but is positively associated with men's labour force participation. Interestingly, a caring role for elderly persons without disability emerges for both genders when the presence of children is combined with that of elderly people. Gender differences are also at work for the role of childcare services and elderly and/or disabled home care/assistance.Originality/valueThe findings indicate a possible caring role for elderly persons without disabilities, neutralizing the effect of the presence of children on the labour force participation of both genders. The results also suggest that greater coverage of care services should increase the active participation of women in the labour market
Gli effetti delle strategie europee sulla partecipazione femminile al lavoro e la fecondità in Italia
No full textIntegrazione socio-sanitaria e modelli organizzativi territoriali: verso le Case di Comunità?
No full textThe continuous and problematic search for organizational models capable of responding to the growing and differentiated demand for care and health constitutes a large and complex social issue that includes some aspects of specific interest, such as the theoretical apparatus of the evolution of the concept of health and current transformations of social systems and organizational models of social and health services.
The integration between health and social care seems to be inspired by a basic philosophy that sees the overcoming of the dualism, at an institutional, managerial and professional level, between social services, which are the responsibility of local authorities, and health services, which are the responsibility of the National Health System.
This paper analyzes the evolution and development of territorial welfare for social and health services also in light of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan of 2021
From the double role to the multiple burden of women: career or carer?
No full textFrom the double role to the multiple burden of women: career or carer?
With the intensification of the aging population and the longer average span of life, Italian women, who were barely trying to bridge the gap that separates them from other European women in the workforce – having been unjustifiably absent for too long, given the constant decrease in fertility - are discovering that the responsibility of caring for an elderly relative can last more than a decade, thereby making it even more difficult to access or stay in the labor market. This study is an initial investigation on the current socio-de- mo-economic situation in Italy
Structural and magnetic properties of GdSr2RuCu2O8 films
No full textFilms of the rutheno-cuprate compound GdSr2RuCu2O8 were grown by on-axis dc sputtering technique, at temperature Ts = 837 °C and in pure oxygen atmosphere. Structural and compositional measurements have been performed on samples prepared on different substrates and at different ex situ annealing procedures. In particular, a detailed analysis of the structure and the local composition of the films have been obtained by high-resolution X-ray diffraction and by energy-dispersive X-ray microanalysis (EDX) of scanning electron microscope (SEM). The films resulted c-axis oriented and single phased. We show the results obtained on a sample deposited on LaAlO3 substrate, (1 0 0) oriented. Magnetic measurements as function of temperature from 1.9 K to 400 K and applied magnetic fields up to 7 T are discussed
How to draw Soergel bimodules
No full textIn this chapter, we use the diagrammatic descriptions of morphisms between Bott–Samelson bimodules to give diagrammatic descriptions of two different bases for these bimodules. First, we describe the 01-basis, which is constructed by taking an iterated tensor product of a natural basis of Bs. The 01-basis is depicted diagrammatically as a sequence of straight vertical broken or unbroken lines. We define a commutative multiplication structure on Bott–Samelson bimodules, relate this multiplication to the diagrammatics of the 01-basis, and use these tools to define and prove the nondegeneracy of the global intersection form, a certain invariant R-bilinear form on Bott–Samelson bimodules. We then describe and give diagrammatics for another basis using light leaves. We show that this latter basis is compatible with the standard filtration on Bott–Samelson bimodules in a natural way, and we give a concrete example in the case of BS(s, t , s) with mst = 3
An atomic Coxeter presentation [Elektronisk resurs]
No full textWe study parabolic double cosets in a Coxeter system by decomposing them into atom(ic coset)s, a generalization of simple reflections introduced in a joint work with Elias, Libedinsky, Patimo. We define and classify braid relations between compositions of atoms and prove a Matsumoto theorem. Together with a quadratic relation, our braid relations give a presentation of nilCoxeter algebroids similar to Demazure's presentation of nilCoxeter algebras. Our consideration of reduced compositions of atoms gives rise to a new combinatorial structure, which is equipped with a length function and a Bruhat order and is realized as Tits cone intersections in the sense of Iyama-Wemyss. (c) 2025 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Inc. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).</p
