wow-inequalities/02-data/intermediate/wos_sample/ef55414e98438bf9d7ccd80c181ce731-castellano-rosalia/info.yaml

abstract: 'Purpose - The measurement and comparison across countries of female

  conditions in labour market and gender gap in employment is a very

  complex task, given both its multidimensional nature and the different

  scenarios in terms of economic, social and cultural characteristics. The

  paper aims to discuss these issues.

  Design/methodology/approach - At this aim, different information about

  presence and engagement of women in labour market, gender pay gap,

  segregation, discrimination and human capital characteristics was

  combined and a ranking of 26 European countries is proposed through the

  composite indicator methodology. It satisfies the need to benchmark

  national gender gaps, grouping together economic, political and

  educational dimensions.

  Findings - The results show that female conditions in labour market are

  the best in Scandinavian countries and Ireland while many Eastern and

  Southern European countries result at the bottom of classification.

  Research limitations/implications - In order to take into account the

  subjectivity of some choices in composite indicator construction and to

  test robustness of results, different aggregation techniques were

  applied.

  Practical implications - The authors hope that this new index will

  stimulate the release of a sort of best practices useful to close labour

  market gaps, starting from best countries'' scenarios, and the launching

  of pilot gender parity task forces, as it happened with the Global

  Gender Gap Index in some countries. Finally, relating gender gap indexes

  with country policies frameworks for gender inequalities and the

  connected policy outcomes, it is possible to evaluate their

  effectiveness and to identify the most adequate initiatives to undertake

  because policies reducing gender gaps can significantly improve economic

  growth and standard of living.

  Social implications - The analysis gives a contribution in the

  evaluation of the policies and regulations effectiveness at national

  level considering the existing welfare regimes and the associated gaps

  in labour market. It can help policy makers to understand the

  ramifications of gaps between women and men. The Gender Gap Labour

  Market Index is constrained by the need for international comparability,

  but limiting its analysis to European countries; it has been based on ad

  hoc indicators concerning developed economies and could be readily

  adapted for use at the national and local levels.

  Originality/value - In this paper the authors propose a new composite

  indicator index specifically focused on gender gap in labour market.

  Several papers analysed gender differences in wages, employment or

  segregation, but few of them consider them together, allowing to get a

  satisfactory informative picture on gender inequalities in labour market

  and studying in deep its multiple aspects, including discrimination

  indicators ad hoc calculated, giving to policy makers an useful tool to

  evaluate female employees conditions and put them in relation with the

  different input factors existing within each country.'
affiliation: 'Rocca, A (Corresponding Author), Univ Naples Parthenope, Dept Stat \&
  Math Econ Res, Via Medina 40, I-80133 Naples, Italy.

  Castellano, Rosalia; Rocca, Antonella, Univ Naples Parthenope, Dept Stat \& Math
  Econ Res, I-80133 Naples, Italy.'
author: Castellano, Rosalia and Rocca, Antonella
author-email: rocca@uniparthenope.it
author_list:
- family: Castellano
  given: Rosalia
- family: Rocca
  given: Antonella
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1108/IJM-07-2012-0107
eissn: 1758-6577
files: []
issn: 0143-7720
journal: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MANPOWER
keywords: 'Labour market; Gender gap; Discrimination in employment; Composite

  indicator'
keywords-plus: PAY
language: English
number: '3'
number-of-cited-references: '41'
orcid-numbers: Rocca, Antonella/0000-0001-8171-3149
pages: 345-367
papis_id: 8cb8e1c4062cd2a140e1b59eb78598e1
ref: Castellano2014gendergap
researcherid-numbers: Rocca, Antonella/T-6420-2017
times-cited: '8'
title: Gender gap and labour market participation A composite indicator for the ranking
  of European countries
type: article
unique-id: WOS:000341870100008
usage-count-last-180-days: '2'
usage-count-since-2013: '37'
volume: '35'
web-of-science-categories: Industrial Relations \& Labor; Management
year: '2014'