In this paper we construct the Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) and its five subindices Family code, Civil … liberties, Physical integrity, Son Preference and Ownership rights using variables of the OECD Gender, Institutions and …-lasting social institutions which are mirrored by societal practices and legal norms that might produce gender inequalities. The …

In this paper the Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) is constructed with Principal Component Analysis (PCA …) and Partial Least Squares (PLS). Using the SIGI, we test the effects of social institutions related to gender inequality … weighting procedures using PCA and PLS. We find that gender inequality in social institutions has significant effect on …