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The critical role of the health-care sector in promoting employment for women and migrants in the EU. A multicountry input-output analysis

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  • Barba, Izaskun
  • Iraizoz, Belén

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A disproportionate concentration of women in low-pay and low-status sectors is a trend that has grown in significance with the globalization of production systems. For the health and social care sector, this has interesting socio-spatial implications, particularly in terms of immigration, the dimensions of which are worth investigating. This study employs the novel extended multiregional input-output FIGARO database to estimate the employment-generating capacity of the sector in the EU28, with a focus on the gender and geographic origin of its workers. The analysis takes into account both indirect and induced effects and considers both cross-country and cross-sectoral linkages. The findings identify the healthcare sector as a key source of employment for both national and immigrant women in more than half of EU countries. At the same time, this sector contributes to the earnings disadvantage experienced by women, which suggest that equality policies should consider the sectoral distribution of employment.

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  • Barba, Izaskun & Iraizoz, Belén, 2025. "The critical role of the health-care sector in promoting employment for women and migrants in the EU. A multicountry input-output analysis," Economic Systems, Elsevier, vol. 49(1).
  • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecosys:v:49:y:2025:i:1:s0939362524000712
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ecosys.2024.101249
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    Keywords

    Health and social care sector; Input-output; Gender; Migration;
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    JEL classification:

    • D57 - Microeconomics - - General Equilibrium and Disequilibrium - - - Input-Output Tables and Analysis
    • F66 - International Economics - - Economic Impacts of Globalization - - - Labor
    • I15 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health and Economic Development
    • J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
    • O52 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Europe

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