Assessing Gender Inequality among Italian Regions: The Italian Gender Gap Index

This paper aims at exploring and evaluating the geographic
distribution of gender inequality across Italian regions. The aim of the
analysis is two-fold. First we build a composite indicator of gender
inequality at the regional level for Italy by applying the methodology
developed by the World Economic Forum for the Global Gender Gap
Index. Second, we compute the Italian Gender Gap Index for each region
in order to measure the within-country heterogeneity that characterizes
Italy. We complete the analysis by presenting the correlation between the
Italian Gender Gap Index and relevant socio-economic variables.