134 lines
4.3 KiB
YAML
134 lines
4.3 KiB
YAML
abstract: 'Purpose - The measurement and comparison across countries of female
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conditions in labour market and gender gap in employment is a very
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complex task, given both its multidimensional nature and the different
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scenarios in terms of economic, social and cultural characteristics. The
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paper aims to discuss these issues.
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Design/methodology/approach - At this aim, different information about
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presence and engagement of women in labour market, gender pay gap,
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segregation, discrimination and human capital characteristics was
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combined and a ranking of 26 European countries is proposed through the
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composite indicator methodology. It satisfies the need to benchmark
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national gender gaps, grouping together economic, political and
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educational dimensions.
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Findings - The results show that female conditions in labour market are
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the best in Scandinavian countries and Ireland while many Eastern and
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Southern European countries result at the bottom of classification.
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Research limitations/implications - In order to take into account the
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subjectivity of some choices in composite indicator construction and to
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test robustness of results, different aggregation techniques were
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applied.
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Practical implications - The authors hope that this new index will
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stimulate the release of a sort of best practices useful to close labour
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market gaps, starting from best countries'' scenarios, and the launching
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of pilot gender parity task forces, as it happened with the Global
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Gender Gap Index in some countries. Finally, relating gender gap indexes
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with country policies frameworks for gender inequalities and the
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connected policy outcomes, it is possible to evaluate their
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effectiveness and to identify the most adequate initiatives to undertake
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because policies reducing gender gaps can significantly improve economic
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growth and standard of living.
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Social implications - The analysis gives a contribution in the
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evaluation of the policies and regulations effectiveness at national
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level considering the existing welfare regimes and the associated gaps
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in labour market. It can help policy makers to understand the
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ramifications of gaps between women and men. The Gender Gap Labour
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Market Index is constrained by the need for international comparability,
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but limiting its analysis to European countries; it has been based on ad
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hoc indicators concerning developed economies and could be readily
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adapted for use at the national and local levels.
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Originality/value - In this paper the authors propose a new composite
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indicator index specifically focused on gender gap in labour market.
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Several papers analysed gender differences in wages, employment or
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segregation, but few of them consider them together, allowing to get a
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satisfactory informative picture on gender inequalities in labour market
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and studying in deep its multiple aspects, including discrimination
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indicators ad hoc calculated, giving to policy makers an useful tool to
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evaluate female employees conditions and put them in relation with the
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different input factors existing within each country.'
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affiliation: 'Rocca, A (Corresponding Author), Univ Naples Parthenope, Dept Stat \&
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Math Econ Res, Via Medina 40, I-80133 Naples, Italy.
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Castellano, Rosalia; Rocca, Antonella, Univ Naples Parthenope, Dept Stat \& Math
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Econ Res, I-80133 Naples, Italy.'
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author: Castellano, Rosalia and Rocca, Antonella
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author-email: rocca@uniparthenope.it
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author_list:
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- family: Castellano
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given: Rosalia
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- family: Rocca
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given: Antonella
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da: '2023-09-28'
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doi: 10.1108/IJM-07-2012-0107
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eissn: 1758-6577
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files: []
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issn: 0143-7720
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journal: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MANPOWER
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keywords: 'Labour market; Gender gap; Discrimination in employment; Composite
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indicator'
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keywords-plus: PAY
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language: English
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number: '3'
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number-of-cited-references: '41'
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orcid-numbers: Rocca, Antonella/0000-0001-8171-3149
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pages: 345-367
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papis_id: 8cb8e1c4062cd2a140e1b59eb78598e1
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ref: Castellano2014gendergap
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researcherid-numbers: Rocca, Antonella/T-6420-2017
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times-cited: '8'
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title: Gender gap and labour market participation A composite indicator for the ranking
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of European countries
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type: article
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unique-id: WOS:000341870100008
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usage-count-last-180-days: '2'
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usage-count-since-2013: '37'
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volume: '35'
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web-of-science-categories: Industrial Relations \& Labor; Management
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year: '2014'
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