The glass cliff effect for women in STEM
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DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(18)30861-4
Abstract: A recent Editorial in The Lancet (Feb 10, p 513) promotes gender equity in science as both a moral and necessary imperative. A US national survey has identified science, technology, engineering, and maths (STEM) workplaces… read more here.
Keywords: glass cliff; cliff effect; effect women; women stem ... See more keywords
The effect on women's health of extending parental leave: a quasi-experimental registry-based cohort study.
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DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyac198
Abstract: BACKGROUND Parental leave policies have been hypothesized to benefit mothers' mental health. We assessed the impact of a 6-week extension of parental leave in Denmark on maternal mental health. METHODS We linked individual-level data from… read more here.
Keywords: effect women; health; women health; parental leave ... See more keywords
The Effect of Women's Descriptive Representation on Premature Mortality
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DOI: 10.1093/sf/soaa022
Abstract: Abstract:Although many studies have found that women legislators pursue policies important to women, we know relatively little concerning the effect of women's descriptive representation (WDR) on women's quality of life. We address this question by… read more here.
Keywords: descriptive representation; effect women; premature; effect ... See more keywords
The gender peak effect: Women are most vulnerable to infections during COVID-19 peaks
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DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.937179
Abstract: In this article, we describe a gender peak effect that women's relative share in COVID-19 infections increases when there is a sharp increase in cases, and it reaches the highest level during peak times in… read more here.
Keywords: peak effect; effect women; infections covid; gender peak ... See more keywords