New Environmental Research and Public Health Study Findings Recently Were Published by Researchers at Shandong Jiaotong University (The Impact of Family Care for the Elderly on Women’s Employment from the Perspective of Bargaining Power)

2021 JUN 21 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News -- Researchers detail new data in environmental research and public health. According to news originating from Jinan, People’s Republic of China, by NewsRx editors, the research stated, “Due to the wishes of the elderly and the traditional family culture in China, family care is the main way of providing for the aged, and women’s care is the main way.”

Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from Shandong Jiaotong University: “This is not conducive to the protection of women’s employment rights and the realization of self-worth under the background of increasing women’s autonomy. Based on the latest data of the China Health and Nutrition Survey Database (CHNS), this paper uses ordinary least squares (OLS) and the instrumental variable method of control endogeneity to analyze the influence of family care activities on the labor participation rate of married women. The innovation of this paper is to introduce family bargaining power into this kind of model for the first time, and further analyze the heterogeneity from the perspective of bargaining power differences.”

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: “The empirical results show that the family elderly care activities have an obstacle effect on married women’s participation in employment, and the family members with strong bargaining power will significantly hinder employment, so this paper puts forward policy recommendations in line with the actual situation, hoping to provide theoretical support for the improvement of the social security system for the elderly.”

For more information on this research see: The Impact of Family Care for the Elderly on Women’s Employment from the Perspective of Bargaining Power. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2021,18(5905):5905. (International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health - http://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijerph). The publisher for International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health is MDPI AG.

A free version of this journal article is available at https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18115905.

Our news editors report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Yujuan Huang, School of Science, Shandong Jiaotong University, Jinan 250357, People’s Republic of China. Additional authors for this research include Haoying Xu, Hengyu Liu, Wenguang Yu, Xinliang Yu.

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