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Whose equality? Measuring group representation
Politics, 2017Presence, of bodies and ideas, is often taken as the primary indicator of political equality and, hence, democratic health. Intersectionality and constructivism question the validity of measuring presence. Turning theory into practice, we propose a comparative reflexive design guided by two research questions: (1) Who are the groups?
Celis, K., Mügge, L.M.
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The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 1999
When performing F0 stylizations and parametrizations in order to establish the essential parts of an F0 contour, it is necessary to assess the similarity between original and stylized contours. The most reliable method is a perceptual assessment, which means in its most severe form that no differences are perceptible between original and resynthesized ...
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When performing F0 stylizations and parametrizations in order to establish the essential parts of an F0 contour, it is necessary to assess the similarity between original and stylized contours. The most reliable method is a perceptual assessment, which means in its most severe form that no differences are perceptible between original and resynthesized ...
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OECD Development Centre Working Papers, 2006
Efforts to establish, test and analyse hypotheses regarding cross-country variations in women’s economic status are hampered by the lack of a readily accessible and easily used information resource on the various dimensions of gender inequality. Addressing this gap, this paper introduces the Gender, Institutions and Development database (GID) of the ...
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Efforts to establish, test and analyse hypotheses regarding cross-country variations in women’s economic status are hampered by the lack of a readily accessible and easily used information resource on the various dimensions of gender inequality. Addressing this gap, this paper introduces the Gender, Institutions and Development database (GID) of the ...
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Measuring Equal Opportunities in European Employment [PDF]
Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space, 1994 The European Community has developed various social policies to compensate for the uneven effects of economic integration, and to bring about greater equality between women and men. In addition, the member states have their own policy traditions and institutional frameworks which likewise affect general employment conditions.
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Equality of Opportunity: Theory and Measurement
Journal of Economic Literature, 2016During the last third of the twentieth century, political philosophers actively debated about the content of distributive justice; the ruling ethical view of utilitarianism was challenged by various versions of equality of opportunities. Economists formulated several ways of modeling these ideas, focusing upon how individuals are placed with respect to
John E. Roemer, Alain Trannoy
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Are performance measures equally stable?
Annals of Finance, 2012zbMATH Open Web Interface contents unavailable due to conflicting licenses.
MENARDI, GIOVANNA, LISI, FRANCESCO
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EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY: POLICY AND MEASUREMENT PARADIGMS
Journal of Economic Surveys, 2011Abstract Equality of opportunity is a widely accepted principle of distributive justice and it is the leading idea of most political platforms in several countries. According to this principle, a society might institute policies that secure an equal distribution of the means to reach a valuable outcome among its members.
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Definition of equality and framework for measurement: final recommendations of the equalities review steering group on measurement [PDF]
, 2007 In October 2007, a unified Commission on Equality and Human Rights (CEHR) will begin operation in Britain. The Commission will have responsibility for monitoring and promoting human rights and equality on the grounds of gender, ethnicity, disability, age, sexual orientation, transgender status, and religion/belief. As a precursor to the Commission, the
Tania Burchardt, Polly Vizard
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Foundations for measuring equality: a discussion paper for the equalities review [PDF]
, 2006 The Equalities Review is an independent panel set up by the UK government in 2005 to investigate the persistence of social inequalities and to make recommendations for the development of a unified Commission for Equality and Human Rights. This paper was originally written for the Review.
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Unequal Equal Intervals: A Paradox in the Measurement of Intelligence
Psychological Reports, 1965The hypotheses were that expert judges (e.g., psychologists, social workers, psychiatrists) would perceive intervals of intelligence as follows: (a) Psychometrically equal intervals from different ranges of intelligence (e.g., medium vs low) are judged as psychologically unequal.
E R, Sinnett, L A, Stone
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