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A gender equality index for the Italian regions

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  • Monica Amici

    (Bank of Italy)

  • Maria Lucia Stefani

    (Bank of Italy)

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A gender gap indicator is constructed for the Italian regions, with the aim of highlighting the geographical differences underlying Italy�s backwardness at European and international level. The indicator, which adapts the Gender Equality Index developed by Plantenga et al. (2009) for 25 European countries, considers four dimensions: work (counting both employment and unemployment), income, political and economic representation and use of time. The indicator can be interpreted as a gauge of the progress made towards gender equality. A limited number of regions, led by Piedmont and Emilia Romagna, are approximately half-way down the path, while a larger group is positioned around the Italian average, i.e. one-third down the path. By contrast, all the southern regions (except Sardinia) lag far behind. Overall, the value of the indicator in 2010 does not differ significantly compared with 2005.

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  • Monica Amici & Maria Lucia Stefani, 2013. "A gender equality index for the Italian regions," Questioni di Economia e Finanza (Occasional Papers) 190, Bank of Italy, Economic Research and International Relations Area.
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    1. Magda Bianco & Francesca Lotti & Roberta Zizza, 2013. "Women and the Italian economy," Questioni di Economia e Finanza (Occasional Papers) 171, Bank of Italy, Economic Research and International Relations Area.
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    4. M. Costa, 2019. "The evaluation of gender income inequality by means of the Gini index decomposition," Working Papers wp1130, Dipartimento Scienze Economiche, Universita' di Bologna.

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    Keywords

    gender gap; gender index; employment;
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    JEL classification:

    • J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
    • D63 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
    • I31 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - General Welfare, Well-Being

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