Composite Indicators to Compare Social Inequalities Among Countries
Language: English and Spanish
The session welcomes contributions that formulate proposals for developing composite indicators to compare and harmonize quantitative data sources or qualitative empirical material. These contributions may include methodological innovations, empirical results and conceptual frameworks. Methodological innovations may include proposals for new methods or adaptations of existing methods to facilitate cross-country comparisons and harmonization of data using composite indicators. Empirical studies can provide information on social inequalities using composite indicators, highlighting similarities and differences between countries.
Conceptual frameworks can help to understand the complex relationships between social inequalities and their underlying causes. Expected outcomes include a better understanding of social inequalities using composite indicators that describe the situation, which can outline their causes, consequences and propose possible solutions.
The session also aims to identify effective strategies to address social inequalities using composite indicators and to develop new methods or adaptations of existing ones to facilitate cross-country comparisons and data harmonization using composite indicators. By bringing together specialists from various disciplines, this session aims to foster a multidisciplinary approach to understanding and addressing social inequalities through the use of composite indicators. Thus, the session will welcome contributions from specialists in sociology, economics, education, political science and other relevant fields of social sciences.