Abstract
This paper compares the geometric variant of the Gender-Related Development Index with that of the Human Development Index for Spanish provinces (EUROSTAT Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics-3, NUTS-3) in 1959, 1981, and 1999. The main objective is to carry out an exploratory analysis of the relationship between these indices and two alternative indices of gender inequality—the Relative Status of Women and the Gender Inequality Index. An analysis of the relationship between these indices and economic growth at the provincial level is also conducted.
Highlights
Over the last three decades, development economics has opened up a research program into the construction and use of synthetic welfare indices
This paper focuses on the direction and nature of the relationship between the various welfare indices and economic growth
The second objective involves an exploratory analysis of the GDIg, HDIg, RSW, and economic growth at the provincial level
Summary
Over the last three decades, development economics has opened up a research program into the construction and use of synthetic welfare indices. This paper focuses on the direction and nature of the relationship between the various welfare indices and economic growth. The second objective involves an exploratory analysis of the GDIg, HDIg, RSW, and economic growth at the provincial level. This is done to determine the extent to which economic growth influences gender inequality (or perhaps whether gender inequality influences growth) and to discover why gender inequality persists in certain Spanish regions but generally tends to converge due to strong migration flows among provinces. The paper concludes by presenting the main results and offering some considerations for future research
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