Book contents
- Gender Equality and Public Policy
- Gender Equality and Public Policy
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The Scenario
- 3 From Public Policy to Gender Equality
- 4 How Women Affect Public Policy
- 5 How Women Affect Firms’ Outcomes
- 6 Global Challenges, Gender and Public Policy
- 7 Conclusions
- Appendix Useful Methods to Identify the Relationship between Gender and Public Policy
- Bibliography
- Index
2 - The Scenario
Gender Gaps in Education, the Labour Market and Politics
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 April 2020
Book contents
- Gender Equality and Public Policy
- Gender Equality and Public Policy
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The Scenario
- 3 From Public Policy to Gender Equality
- 4 How Women Affect Public Policy
- 5 How Women Affect Firms’ Outcomes
- 6 Global Challenges, Gender and Public Policy
- 7 Conclusions
- Appendix Useful Methods to Identify the Relationship between Gender and Public Policy
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
This chapter presents data and facts that provide a scenario of gender gaps along the three main dimensions of education, the labour market and politics and the main trends across countries and over time. It also explains the main determinants of gender gaps in the labour market.
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- Gender Equality and Public PolicyMeasuring Progress in Europe, pp. 9 - 36Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020