variables, functional form, and weights. While the UNDP Gender Inequality Index (GII) conceptually reflects the loss in … dimensions of gender inequality. Though this requires a data revolution, we tried to reconstruct the GII in the context of Asia … estimation of gender inequality. The estimates are illustrative. The implication of the results broadly suggests a return to the …

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 … SIGI 2019 methodology establishes a criterion for the computation of measures of gender-based discrimination –where zero …

of aggregating gender inequality in several dimensions, penalizing high inequality in each dimension and allowing only …In this paper we construct the Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) and its five subindices Family code, Civil … liberties, Physical integrity, Son Preference and Ownership rights using variables of the OECD Gender, Institutions and …

interpreted more directly as a measure of gender inequality. Regarding the GEM, the most important changes are different ways to … current GDI and GEM. -- Gender inequality measures ; GDI ; GEM ; UNDP …In 2005 and 2006, the Human Development Report Office undertook a review of UNDP's gender-related indicators …

education than men in some regions of the world. Although gender gaps in educational attainment are diminishing in most …Many countries remain far from achieving gender equality in the classroom. Using data from 126 countries, we … characterize the evolution of gender gaps in low- and middle-income countries between 1960 and 2010. We document five facts. First …

We document that existing gender equality indexes do not take into account gender-specific mandatory peace …-time conscriptions. This suggests that gender-specific conscription is not considered to be an important gender issue. If an indicator … measuring the gender equality of mandatory conscription (compulsory military service) would be included into gender equality …

(HDI), the gender inequality index (GII), the multiple poverty index (MPI), and the masculinity score (MAS). Although the … agricultural production, both of which have implications for gender issues. In this paper we briefly review issues related to … gender and poverty and examine the relationships between gender and various indices, including the human development index …

agricultural production, both of which have implications for gender issues. In this paper the authors briefly review issues related … to gender and poverty and examine the relationships between gender and various indices. They then look at systems of land …

Measuring gender inequality and women's empowerment is essential to understand the determinants of gender gaps … perspective to the current debate on measuring gender inequality in human development. As a starting point, we develop a simple … macroeconomic model of the interdependence between human development and gender inequality. We then introduce a biometric indicator …

comparable index that can be used to compare countries across the world with regard to the extent of gender inequalities in human …-related indicators, discuss the Gender Inequality Index (GII), its most recent incarnation, in some more detail, briefly review other …In contrast to UNDP’s wildly successful Human Development Index (HDI), UNDP’s gender-related indices have had a rather …