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Are UNDP Indices Appropriate to Capture Gender Inequalities in Europe?
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Permanyer, Inaki – Social Indicators Research, 2013
This study critically investigates the suitability of United Nations' composite indices and other related measures--among which the Gender Inequality Index just released in 2010--to capture gender inequalities in the context of "highly developed" countries, focusing on the case of Europe. Our results indicate that many of the gender gaps…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Economic Progress, Females, Educational Attainment
Dilemma and Conflicts in Taiwanese Women's Leisure Participation
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Tsai, Chiung-Tzu Lucetta – Social Indicators Research, 2011
This article analyses the gender relationship of men and women in Taiwan. Firstly, it employs power relation to explore what the gender relationship is and how this gender relationship has produced. Secondly, it describes how this gender relationship has influenced Taiwanese society. It also explains the gender inequality of both sexes in Taiwan…
Descriptors: Power Structure, Sex Role, Foreign Countries, Sex Fairness
An Analysis of Educational Inequality in Taiwan after the Higher Education Expansion
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Lin, Chun-Hung A.; Yang, Chih-Hai – Social Indicators Research, 2009
Two major educational expansions in Taiwan have resulted in a remarkable improvement of human capital accumulation for the last three decades, which is consistent with the long-run goal of education in improving individual well-being and international competitiveness. This study focuses on the expansion of higher education starting from the late…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Human Capital, Age, Equal Education
Increasing Inequality in Social Exclusion Occurrence: The Case of Sweden during 1979-2003
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Bask, Miia – Social Indicators Research, 2010
In this paper, we examine the risk of social exclusion among the Swedish population from a longitudinal perspective. In the empirical analysis, a person is considered socially excluded if he or she suffers from at least two of the following six welfare problems: chronic unemployment, economic problems, health problems, experiences of threat or…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Isolation, Immigrants, Longitudinal Studies
Are Women Over-Represented in Dead-End Jobs? A Swedish Study Using Empirically Derived Measures of Dead-End Jobs
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Bihagen, Erik; Ohls, Marita – Social Indicators Research, 2007
It has been claimed that women experience fewer career opportunities than men do mainly because they are over-represented in "Dead-end Jobs" (DEJs). Using Swedish panel data covering 1.1 million employees with the same employer in 1999 and 2003, measures of DEJ are empirically derived from analyses of wage mobility. The results indicate…
Descriptors: Females, Public Sector, Occupational Mobility, Employment Opportunities
Why Faster, Higher, Stronger Isn't Necessarily Better--The Relations of Paralympian and Women's Soccer Teams' Performance to National Well-Being
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Downie, Michelle; Koestner, Richard – Social Indicators Research, 2008
The present study considers how the athletic performance of minority groups relates to national subjective well-being (SWB) and life expectancy. Based on the argument that sports represent a microcosm of society and the reliable finding that national inequality is associated with reduced SWB, we hypothesized that greater opportunities for…
Descriptors: Team Sports, Females, Disadvantaged, Well Being