The use of entropy index for gender inequality analysis

V. Ekhosuehi, A. Osagiede
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In the Millennium Declaration, the proportion (or ratio) of females to males in a given sector is used as the indicator for gender inequality. A critical limitation in the proportion (or ratio) statistic is that it does not include randomness in gender disparity over a period of time. It is well-known that randomness, which is a key ingredient in studying the behaviour of a system, is measured using entropy. This paper presents the use of entropy as an alternative measure for gender inequality in a sector of an economy. KEYWORDS: Entropy; gender inequality; Millennium Declaration; randomness.
熵指数在性别不平等分析中的应用
在《千年宣言》中,某一部门的男女比例(或比率)被用作性别不平等的指标。比例(或比率)统计的一个关键限制是,它不包括一段时间内性别差异的随机性。众所周知,随机性是研究系统行为的一个关键因素,它是用熵来衡量的。本文介绍了熵的使用作为经济部门性别不平等的替代措施。关键词:熵;性别不平等;年申报;随机性。
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