Hour-glass ceilings: Work-hour thresholds, gendered health inequities

Long workhours erode health, which the setting of maximum weekly hours aims to avert. This 48-h limit, and the evidence base to support it, has evolved from a workforce that was largely male, whose time in the labour force was enabled by women's domestic work and care giving. The gender composi...

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Published in:Social science & medicine (1982) 2017-03, Vol.176, p.42-51
Main Authors: Dinh, Huong, Strazdins, Lyndall, Welsh, Jennifer
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Australia
Continental Population Groups - statistics & numerical data
Employment - methods
Employment - standards
Employment - statistics & numerical data
Endogeneity
Female
Gender inequality
Health Status
Humans
Income - statistics & numerical data
Job Satisfaction
Male
Mental health
Middle Aged
Sex Factors
Social determinants of health
Socioeconomic Factors
Surveys and Questionnaires
Work and family
Work hours
Workload - standards
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