Researcher ORCID Identifier
0009-0003-3890-2405
Graduation Year
2024
Document Type
Open Access Senior Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Environment, Economics and Politics
Reader 1
Adam Novy
Reader 2
Patrick Van Horn
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© 2024 Margot L Rosenblatt
Abstract
In this paper, I explore the relationship between women’s economic empowerment and men’s quality of life in the United States. I created an index of women’s economic empowerment based on county-level data on labor force participation rates, rates of pay, teen birth rates, and families in which a woman is the primary income earner. I then created an index of men’s quality of life based on financial, physical, and mental health indicators. Adjusting for income, dominant industry type, age, population density, race variables, and environmental factors, I found a statistically significant positive correlation between women’s economic empowerment and men’s quality of life. This gives credence to the idea that giving women more economic opportunities improves the lives of men.
Recommended Citation
Rosenblatt, Margot, "Improving American Men's Quality of Life by Economically Empowering American Women" (2024). Scripps Senior Theses. 2387.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/2387
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