Measuring Gender Equality : : A Multidisciplinary Analysis of Some EU Countries.

• Superior document: Social Indicators Research Series ; v.87.
• Author: di Bella, Enrico.
• TeilnehmendeR: Fachelli, Sandra.; López-Roldán, Pedro.; Suter, Christian, 1956-
• Place / Publishing House: Cham : : Springer International Publishing AG,, 2024.; ©2023.
• Year of Publication: 2024
• Edition: First edition.
• Language: English
• Series: Social Indicators Research Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (212 pages)

Table of Contents

• Intro
• Preface
• Contents
• Gender Equality, Equity, and Equal Opportunities
• 1 Understanding Gender Equality
• 2 Gender Capability Approach
• 3 Feminist Contribution on Equality Issue
• 4 The International Framework
• 5 The Cross-Cutting Nature of the Gender Issue
• 5.1 Work
• 5.2 Money
• 5.3 Time
• 5.4 Power
• 5.5 Knowledge
• 6 Health and Gender-Specific Medicine
• 7 Male Violence Against Women
• 8 What if There Were Others?
• 9 Final Considerations
• References
• The Complexity of Social Phenomena and the Construction of Indicators
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Complexity and Complex Systems
• 2.1 Complexity: A Possible Definition
• 2.2 Complex Systems and Complex Adaptive Systems
• 3 Measurement in the Social Sciences
• 3.1 Measurement: Definitions and Main Aspects
• 3.2 Measurement in the Social Sciences: Systems of Indicators and Their Construction
• 3.3 Synthesis of Multi-indicators Systems
• 3.4 The Aggregative-Compensative Approach
• References
• The Main Indicators of Gender (in)Equality
• 1 A Brief Overview of Gender (in)Equality Measurement
• 2 The Global Gender Gap Index of the WEF
• 3 The United Nations Gender Development Index
• 3.1 The United Nations Human Development Index
• 3.2 The United Nations Gender Development Index
• 4 The United Nations Gender Inequality Index
• 5 The Gender Equality Index of the European Institute for Gender Equality
• 6 Conclusions
• References
• Gender Equality as EU Strategy
• 1 The EU Framework on Gender Equality
• 2 Measuring Gender Equality and Monitoring the Progress of EU Policies
• 2.1 Gender Budgeting: Definition, Objectives, and Developing Steps
• 2.2 Gender Equality Plan (GEP): Definition, Objectives, and Developing Steps
• 2.3 Gender Impact Assessment (Ex Ante Evaluation)
• 3 Ex Post Evaluation of the Gender Impact
• 3.1 Randomised Selection Methods.
• 3.2 Regression Discontinuity Designs
• 3.3 Difference-in-Differences
• 3.4 Matching
• 4 Conclusions
• References
• Other Sources
• Subnational Level Data to Measure Gender (in)Equality in the EU: Opportunities and Limitations of Official Datasets
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Datasets for Gender (in)Equality Measurement: The Eurostat Collection
• 2.1 ECHP and EU-SILC
• 2.2 EU-LFS
• 2.3 EU-SES
• 2.4 HETUS
• 2.5 EHIS
• 2.6 On the Integration Among Eurostat Data Sources
• 3 Limitations of Official Datasets for Gender (in)Equality Measurement at the Regional Level in the EU
• 4 From GEI to R-GEI in a Cross-Country Setting
• 5 Conclusions
• References
• Comparative Analysis of Regional Gender Disparities
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Methodology for Regional Comparative Analysis
• 3 Gender Equality in European Countries
• 4 Regional Typological Analysis
• 4.1 Overall Intercountry Analysis
• 4.2 Intracountry Analysis
• 4.3 Relationship with Other Indicators at the Regional Level
• 5 Conclusions
• Annex (Tables 6 and 7)
• References
• Gender-Responsive Regional Policies: Gender Budgeting
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Gender Budgeting
• 3 Cases Studies: European Countries
• 3.1 Spain
• 3.2 France
• 3.3 Italy
• 3.4 Germany
• 3.5 Regional
• 4 Conclusions
• References
• Gender-Responsive Regional Fiscal Policies: The Labour Market
• 1 Introduction
• 2 The Gender Gap and Fiscal Policies: Collected Evidence
• 2.1 Early Career
• 2.2 Middle-Aged Careers
• 2.3 Late Careers
• 3 Gender Gaps and Fiscal Policies: A Regional Perspective
• 4 Concluding Remarks
• References.