In this brief research article we introduce a simple indicator to capture the impact of human development on gender inequality. To this aim, we compute the ratio between the prevalence of overweight and obesity in female and male populations for 158 worldwide countries in 2014. We find that this ‘gender obesity ratio’ may be a useful tool to summarise and visualise the complex relationship between human development and gender inequality.
Ferretti, Fabrizio. "The gender obesity ratio" Working paper, 2016.
The gender obesity ratio
FERRETTI, Fabrizio
2016
Abstract
In this brief research article we introduce a simple indicator to capture the impact of human development on gender inequality. To this aim, we compute the ratio between the prevalence of overweight and obesity in female and male populations for 158 worldwide countries in 2014. We find that this ‘gender obesity ratio’ may be a useful tool to summarise and visualise the complex relationship between human development and gender inequality.
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