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Gender and the economy Flashcards

1
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Differences between women and men due to gender, and the resulting differences in power

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Gender inequality

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Parity between women and men; neither sex faces discrimination or injustice due to gender

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Gender equality

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3
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4 variables measured for Gender Gap Index

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Political Empowerment
Economic Participation and opportunity
Educational attainment
Health and Survival

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4
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Top 3 countries- Gender Gap Index

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  1. Iceland
  2. Norway
  3. Finland
    85-88
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Bottom 3 countries- Gender Gap Index

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  1. Syria
  2. Pakistan
  3. Yemen
    56-48
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6
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Canada’s rank & score in 2015

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30

74%

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7
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Canada’s rank & score in 2014

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19

74.6%

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8
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How many years until Canada closes its gender gap based on trend?

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228

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9
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Canada scores in gender gap

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Political empowerment- 21.8
Economic participation- 77.3
Educational attainment- 100
Health and survival- 96.9

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10
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Life expectancy for man vs. women

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84-78

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11
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Which measure has the greatest gender gap globally?

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Political

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12
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Correlation between GGI and Global competitiveness index

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Positive relationship

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13
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Correlation between GGI and GDP

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Positive correlation

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14
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In most pastoralist societies we find a ____

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Marked division of labour

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15
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Point of Tuareg reading

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Gender equality is not a modern invention

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16
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Advantages to gender equality and Competitiveness/GDP

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  1. People and their talents
  2. Men and women make up 50% of population
  3. How they take advantage of large population of women
17
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Occupational segregation (in Canada)

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Women and men have very different jobs

18
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Top 3 jobs for women

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  1. Early educators
  2. Admin Assist.
  3. Receptionist

(Sales and service)

19
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Top 3 jobs for men

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  1. Carpenter
  2. Electrician
  3. Automotive service technicians

(trades, transport, equipment operators)

20
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Trend in male vs. female occupations

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Blue collar jobs disappearing

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