EDUCATION AND GENDER EQUITY: EVIDENCE FROM THE CZECH REPUBLIC AND UK

Pavla Rehorova

Business Education and Accreditation, 2010, vol. 2, issue 1, 105-119

Abstract: A network of public services, Social Watch, has created alternative indicators for the measurement of equity between men and women called Gender Equity Index, GEI), and the satisfaction of basic human needs called Basic Capability Index, BCI. This paper focuses on gender inequity in education, participation in the economy and empowerment. Primary attention is devoted to education, specifically tertiary education. The question of tertiary education is approached not only from the global viewpoint, but also at national level, i.e. from the view of the Czech Republic. This republic is one of the leaders of the theoretical ranking within the education GEI dimension. The situation is not so positive in the remaining two dimensions, participation in the economy and empowerment. It is necessary to find solutions leading to the improvement of the current position.

Keywords: Higher education; gender equity; rate of return (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I21 I23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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