Analyzing the Gender Gap in Poland and Italy, and by Regions
| Autor: | Alina Jȩdrzejczak, Francesca Greselin |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Greselin, F, Jedrzjeczak, A |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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gender gap
Gini index New Zenga index relative distribution method Dagum European Union Statistics on income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC) 2015 Economics and Econometrics inequality Inequality media_common.quotation_subject Ungleichheit Italien Distribution (economics) Sozialpolitik Social Policy Economic inequality Range (statistics) media_common.cataloged_instance gender relations difference in income European union Social sciences sociology anthropology media_common Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie Earnings business.industry Polen regional factors Income inequality Gender gap Gini index New Zenga index Relative distribution method Dagum Italy Poland Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung Geography Italy SECS-S/01 - STATISTICA ddc:300 Demographic economics Women's Studies Feminist Studies Gender Studies regionale Faktoren Gender gap Poland Geschlechterverhältnis business EU Einkommensunterschied General Economics Econometrics and Finance Quantile |
| Zdroj: | International Advances in Economic Research |
| Popis: | High-income inequality, accompanied by substantial regional differentiation, is still a great challenge for social policymakers in many European countries. One of the important elements of this phenomenon is the inequality between income distributions of men and women. Using data from the European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions, the distributions of income for Italy and Poland were compared, and the gender gap in these countries was assessed. No single metric can capture the full range of experiences, so a set of selected tools were adopted. The Dagum model was fitted to each distribution, summary measures, like the Gini and Zenga inequality indices, were evaluated, and the Zenga curve was employed to detect changes at each income quantile. Afterward, empirical distributions were compared through a relative approach, providing an analytic picture of the gender gap for both countries. The analysis moved beyond the typical focus on average or median earnings differences, towards a focus on how the full distribution of women’s earnings relative to men’s compares. The analysis was performed in the different macroregions of the two countries, with a discussion of the results. The study revealed that income inequality in Poland and Italy varies across gender and regions. In Italy, the highest inequality was observed in the poorest region, i.e. the islands. On the contrary, in Poland, the highest inequality occurred in the richest region, the central one. The relative distribution method was a powerful tool for studying the gender gap. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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