Soerenson, O., Dahl, M.: Geography, joint choices, and the reproduc- tion of gender inequality. Am Sociol Rev 81, 900-920 (2016)Sorenson, Olav and Michael S. Dahl. 2016. "Geography, joint choices, and the reproduction of gender inequality." American Sociological Review 81:900-920....
If we look at the EIGE inequality index in the domain of access to work, we see that three out of four countries that traditionally are included in the Southern European model are well below the European average (81.3) and countries like France (83.7) or Germany (84.2): Spain (80.2), ...
A similar pattern of results was yielded in the case of the two other proxies of countries’ modernization levels. World Modernization Index was positively and Gender Inequality negatively related to the STLS-45 (β = 0.181,p < 0.001, pseudor2= 0.018, β = -0.138,p < ...
(N = 1311) 60.2 39.8 19.5 68.2 30.2 33.1 66.9 3.8 96.2 41.4 36.5 14.3 23 considered to have relatively high gender equality as measured by the UN Development Project's Gender Inequality Index (GII) [18], which specifically uses educational attainment and labour force participation (though not...
Additionally, gender inequality is larger among older individuals, those having studied or working in STEM sectors and industries, and among higher levels of job seniority on LinkedIn’s population. Our simple aggregate LinkedIn measure of gender equality, the LinkedIn Gender Gap Index (GGI), ...
Quality of care declined between 2013 and 2019 across all sociodemographic groups, regions, and types of service. Health inequalities linked to gender, skin color, and socioeconomic status persisted, reflecting deep-rooted inequality in Brazilian society. [7,20] Previous studies have shown that peopl...
Within the New Economic Geography (NEG), not all regions can concentrate on economic activity; thus, there are variations between them and their levels of development. This has led to inequality, both between and within regions. Opportunities in certain regions have not only attracted qualified per...
The HDR's Gender Inequality Index (GII), which measures women's empowerment in three dimensions (reproductive health, empowerment, and economic activity), ranks Lao at 113 out of 162 countries, with a GII value of 0.459. Between 1990 and 2019, the Lao PDR's HDI value increased by 51.4 ...
the norms regulating gender relations have prevented these technologies from providing an essential contribution in leveling the inequality gap that would allow women to expand their opportunities. Looking at persisting inequalities raises the question about what it takes for research-based maize breeding ...
In a context of increasing longevity, where scholars seek to understand how people spend their longer lives, focusing on unpaid caregiving roles is instrumental to our understanding of gender inequality across and within populations. As we show here, in the first estimated benchmarks, demographic ...