VID Colloquium
How Do Estimate Gender Equality Effects?
Gosta Esping-Andersen, Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2013, Time: 12:00-1:00 pm
Gender (in-)equalities have become a central issue in demographic research on family outcomes. But how do we estimate their effects? Macro-level studies have used measures such as the GEI or expressed values (from the EVS or WVS), but neither is very satisfactory. I propose a new approach based on the distribution of spouses' contributions to household income.
About the presenter
Gosta Esping-Andersen is professor of Sociology at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra. He studied Demography, Economics and Sociology at Copenhagen University and at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he received his PhD. He is a member of the British Academy and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and of numerous other scientific institutions. His research focuses on life course dynamics, social stratification and comparative social policy. His publications include The Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism for which he was awarded the APSA’s Aaron Wildavsky Enduring Contribution Award in 2005; The Social Foundations of Postindustrial Economies and, most recently, Trois Lecons sur L’Etat Providence and The Incomplete Revolution.