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The Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) 2019: A revised framework for better advocacy

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  • Gaëlle Ferrant

    (OECD)

  • Léa Fuiret

    (OECD)

  • Eduardo Zambrano

    (California Polytechnic State University)

Abstract

Since 2009, the OECD Development Centre has been publishing the Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI), a cross-country measure of gender-based discrimination in social institutions (formal and informal laws, social norms and practices). This working paper presents the conceptual and methodological framework of the fourth edition of the SIGI, published in 2019. The SIGI 2019 methodology establishes a criterion for the computation of measures of gender-based discrimination –where zero denotes no discrimination and 100 denotes full discrimination – for 27 categorical and continuous variables combined into 16 indicators and 4 dimensions: discrimination in the family, restricted physical integrity, restricted access to productive and financial resources, and restricted civil liberties. The SIGI 2019 is then calculated as a translation-invariant generalised mean of these discrimination measures. The result is an indicator that measures aggregate level of discrimination in the social institutions of 180 countries and territories. Depuis 2009, le Centre de développement de l’OCDE publie l’Indicateur Institutions Sociales et Égalité Femmes-Hommes (le SIGI), qui mesure les discriminations contre les femmes dans les institutions sociales (lois, normes sociales et pratiques) des pays. Ce document de travail présente les cadres conceptuel et méthodologique de la quatrième édition du SIGI, publiée en 2019. Le SIGI 2019 mesure l’éloignement relatif d’un pays de la parité, à travers 27 variables discrètes et continues agrégées en 16indicateurs et 4 dimensions: discriminations au sein de la famille, atteintes à l’intégrité physique, accès restreint aux ressources productives et financières, et atteintes aux libertés civiles. Le SIGI 2019 utilise des fonctions exponentielles et logarithmiques pour mesurer le niveau de discrimination dans les institutions sociales de 180 pays et territoires.

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  • Gaëlle Ferrant & Léa Fuiret & Eduardo Zambrano, 2020. "The Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) 2019: A revised framework for better advocacy," OECD Development Centre Working Papers 342, OECD Publishing.
    • Handle: RePEc:oec:devaaa:342-en
    DOI: 10.1787/022d5e7b-en
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    Keywords

    composite index; gender equality; social institutions; Sustainable Development Goals;
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    JEL classification:

    • C43 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods: Special Topics - - - Index Numbers and Aggregation
    • D02 - Microeconomics - - General - - - Institutions: Design, Formation, Operations, and Impact
    • J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination

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