Princeton Professor Speakers Series: “Why has the pandemic been worse for women’s subjective well-being?”
Join us for our guest Princeton University professor speakers series featuring the Princeton Dept. of Sociology
Joint presentation by: Professor James Raymo, Mr. Fumiya Uchikoshi third year PH.D student, and Ms. Shiina Yuri senior at Princeton School of Public and International Affairs
“Why has the pandemic been worse for women’s subjective well-being?”
A brief summary/abstract is: “In Japan, it is clear that the pandemic has been particularly detrimental to the well-being of women. The media is replete with coverage of job loss, pay cuts, domestic violence, depression, and increasing suicide rates that appear to be more prevalent among women. Our goal in this research is to explore posited explanations for this gender difference. We use nationally-representative survey data collected by the Japan Institute of Labor Policy and Training to describe change in men’s and women’s and subjective well-being (life satisfaction) before and during the pandemic. We show that conventional emphases on more job loss, income decline, and work-family stress tell us little about why women have experienced a more sharp decline in life satisfaction than men. Rather, we find that women are more likely to express worry about the future and report loss of social connections, both of which account for part of the observed gender difference in reduced life satisfaction. Stated differently, we find that psychosocial factors are much more important than women’s disadvantages in employment, earnings, and family obligations in accounting for disparities in the impact of the pandemic on subjective well-being.
Join us to learn and hear about their data driven findings.
Please register for the Zoom link. All Princetonians and their friends with interest in this topic are welcome.
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Professor James Raymo bio:
https://sociology.princeton.edu/people/james-raymo
Mr. Fumiya Uchikoshi bio:
https://sociology.princeton.edu/people/fumiya-uchikoshi
Ms. Shiina Yuri bio:
Shiina Yuri is a senior at Princeton School of Public and International Affairs, where she is writing a senior thesis about Japanese top universities' gender issues. She is also pursuing a certificate in East Asian Studies. She is from Kyoto and went to a high school next to a temple which is one of the World Heritage Sites. Besides academics, Shiina is a keyboardist of Princeton University Rock Ensemble and loves to watch baseball (Hanshin Tigers). After graduation, she will work for the Boston Consulting Group Tokyo Office, where she hopes to make a positive impact on society mainly through working with public sectors or education. Her future dream is to become a politician in Japan.
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 before and during the pandemic. We show that conventional emphases on more job loss, income decline, and work-family stress tell us little about why women have experienced a more sharp decline in life satisfaction than men. Rather, we find that women are more likely to express worry about the future and report loss of social connections, both of which account for part of the observed gender difference in reduced life satisfaction. Stated differently, we find that psychosocial factors are much more important than women’s disadvantages in employment, earnings, and family obligations in accounting for disparities in the impact of the pandemic on subjective well-being.Join us to learn and hear about their data driven findings.Please register for the Zoom link. All Princetonians and their friends with interest in this topic are welcome.**********Professor James Raymo bio:https://sociology.princeton.edu/people/james-raymoMr. Fumiya Uchikoshi bio:https://sociology.princeton.edu/people/fumiya-uchikoshiMs. Shiina Yuri bio:Shiina Yuri is a senior at Princeton School of Public and International Affairs, where she is writing a senior thesis about Japanese top universities' gender issues. She is also pursuing a certificate in East Asian Studies. She is from Kyoto and went to a high school next to a temple which is one of the World Heritage Sites. Besides academics, Shiina is a keyboardist of Princeton University Rock Ensemble and loves to watch baseball (Hanshin Tigers). After graduation, she will work for the Boston Consulting Group Tokyo Office, where she hopes to make a positive impact on society mainly through working with public sectors or education. Her future dream is to become a politician in Japan. Please sign up for Zoom link on the Eventbrite URL link provided. &source=https://dmluoj0wft2i7.cloudfront.net/thumbnails/media_slide_16x9/cdn/images/6073e93f95038.JPG "LinkedIn")
 before and during the pandemic. We show that conventional emphases on more job loss, income decline, and work-family stress tell us little about why women have experienced a more sharp decline in life satisfaction than men. Rather, we find that women are more likely to express worry about the future and report loss of social connections, both of which account for part of the observed gender difference in reduced life satisfaction. Stated differently, we find that psychosocial factors are much more important than women’s disadvantages in employment, earnings, and family obligations in accounting for disparities in the impact of the pandemic on subjective well-being.Join us to learn and hear about their data driven findings.Please register for the Zoom link. All Princetonians and their friends with interest in this topic are welcome.**********Professor James Raymo bio:https://sociology.princeton.edu/people/james-raymoMr. Fumiya Uchikoshi bio:https://sociology.princeton.edu/people/fumiya-uchikoshiMs. Shiina Yuri bio:Shiina Yuri is a senior at Princeton School of Public and International Affairs, where she is writing a senior thesis about Japanese top universities' gender issues. She is also pursuing a certificate in East Asian Studies. She is from Kyoto and went to a high school next to a temple which is one of the World Heritage Sites. Besides academics, Shiina is a keyboardist of Princeton University Rock Ensemble and loves to watch baseball (Hanshin Tigers). After graduation, she will work for the Boston Consulting Group Tokyo Office, where she hopes to make a positive impact on society mainly through working with public sectors or education. Her future dream is to become a politician in Japan. Please sign up for Zoom link on the Eventbrite URL link provided. "Facebook")