Infrastructure and subjective well-being from a gender perspective

Artikel

Mainstreaming gender analysis into all aspects of policy making, including infrastructure and economic policy, is a key aspect to achieving gender equality. The main objective of this paper is to examine the impact of several public infrastructures on well-being by gender, applying the Capability and Subjective Well-being approaches. An index of access to infrastructure is constructed and its effect on well-being is estimated using a new survey dataset from Spain. The results from the logistic regression model show that access to infrastructure positively affects subjective well-being, particularly of female respondents. All dimensions of infrastructure matter more for women's well-being than men's. Important differences in the impact on well-being by the types of infrastructures analyzed and the impact differs significantly by age are obtained. The findings suggest that designing public infrastructure policies can contribute to reducing gender well-being gap.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Journal: Administrative Sciences ; ISSN: 2076-3387 ; Volume: 12 ; Year: 2022 ; Issue: 1 ; Pages: 1-22

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Öffentliche Verwaltung ; Model Construction and Estimation ; General Welfare; Well-Being ; Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
• Subject: benefits of gender equality through infrastructure provision survey ; capabilities ; gender ; indicators ; infrastructure ; logistic regression ; subjective well-being

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Alarcón García, Gloria ; Buendía Azorín, José Daniel ; Sánchez de la Vega, María del Mar
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): MDPI
• (where): Basel
• (when): 2022

Further information

• DOI: doi:10.3390/admsci12010032
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/275303
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:42 AM CET