A Gendered Analysis of Labour Market Informalization and Access to Health in Chile

Journal article | Zeitschriftenartikel

Health sector reforms across Latin America are replacing the concept of risk-sharing across the population with more individualized approaches to accessing health care, and health insurance schemes have been advocated by the World Bank as a means of helping poor people overcome the risk of ill health. Yet at the same time the lowering of labour standards and the growth of informal workers means that for an increased number of workers, contributing to a health insurance scheme is not feasible. Drawing on evidence from Chile this article examines the gendered dimensions of these processes and highlights the ways in which the gender division of labour means that women are more adversely affected than men.

Object Details

• Extent: Seite(n): 75-94
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Status: Postprint; begutachtet (peer reviewed)

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Global Social Policy, 7(1)

Classification and Topics

• Subject: Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie ; soziale Sicherung ; Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung ; Gesundheitspolitik ; Chile ; Gender

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Gideon, Jasmine
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (where): Vereinigtes Königreich
• (when): 2007

Further information

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1468018107073909
• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-229744
• Rights: GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften. Bibliothek Köln
• Last update: 21.06.2024, 4:27 PM CEST