Data on Geriatrics and Gerontology Described by J. Stypinska et al (Gender, age and migration: an intersectional approach to inequalities in the…

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Data on Geriatrics and Gerontology Described by J. Stypinska et al (Gender, age and migration: an intersectional approach to inequalities in the labour market)

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Health & Medicine Week -- Investigators publish new report on Aging Research - Geriatrics and Gerontology. According to news reporting originating in Berlin, Germany, by NewsRx journalists, research stated, "This paper analyses the interference of three socio-demographic characteristics: gender, age and migration status on the labour market outcomes from the perspective of intersectionality theory. Concretely, we investigate whether gender and migration differences in hourly wages are observable at younger ages and whether these differences increase with age."

The news reporters obtained a quote from the research, "Further, we analyse whether gender and migration interact in such a way that women with migration background suffer lower wage growth in relation to their counterparts. Our analyses draw on data from the Socio-Economic Panel (German SOEP from 1991 to 2014), distinguishing between populations with and without a migration background. Random effects hourly wage regressions controlling for selection bias using Heckman procedure have been estimated in our analysis. The results show that there are large gender differences in hourly wage at younger ages, and these differences are maintained over the life course. Regarding migration status, no significant disadvantages in wages are observable at early stages. However, disadvantages of men and women with migration background increase with age, resulting in lower earnings for older workers with migration background."

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: "When we analyse the interaction between migration and gender, we observe no effect either at younger ages or over the entire lifespan, indicating that the gender disadvantage is no more pronounced for women with migration background than for women without such a background (and vice versa)."

For more information on this research see: Gender, age and migration: an intersectional approach to inequalities in the labour market. European Journal of Ageing, 2017;15(1):23-33. European Journal of Ageing can be contacted at: Springer, 233 Spring Street, New York, NY 10013, USA. (Springer - www.springer.com; European Journal of Ageing - www.springerlink.com/content/1613-9372/)

Our news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained by contacting J. Stypinska, 1Freie Universitat Berlin, Berlin, Germany (see also Aging Research - Geriatrics and Gerontology).

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10433-017-0419-2. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

The publisher of the European Journal of Ageing can be contacted at: Springer, 233 Spring Street, New York, NY 10013, USA.

Keywords for this news article include: Berlin, Europe, Germany, Aging Research, Finance and Investment, Geriatrics and Gerontology.