Description
The EU MIMF is intended to play a role as a first, but comprehensive, attempt to establish a ‘common language’ and a common framework for monitoring and analysing inequalities in the EU. The EU MIMF will also help broaden and deepen the scope of frameworks monitoring progress towards a more cohesive and social Europe, such as the Social Scoreboard for the European Pillar of Social Rights.The basic premise underpinning this report is that inequality is a complex and multifaceted phenomenon.Therefore, we draw on up to five different methodological approaches to study inequalities across 10 key dimensions of human well-being. In addition to defining and computing relevant inequality metrics at country level, we have developed and implemented a double-sorting algorithm that allows us: (i) to rank countries according to their performance in any subset of inequality indicators, and (ii) to identify inwhich of the areas covered by these indicators the countries struggle — or find it easier — to make progress in their efforts to tackle inequalities. The report also includes a section that explores the econometric analysis of possible causes and effects of inequalities in the EU. Finally, the last two chapters make use of high-quality administrative data sets to calculate more granular (i.e. sub-national) inequality indicators in selected EU countries.
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Contributors
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- European Commission, Joint Research Centre
- https://ec.europa.eu/info/departments/joint-research-centre
How to cite
European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) (2019): EU Multidimensional Inequality Monitoring Framework. European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/69a974b5-a71b-4e84-8ecc-fc5afa35cdbf
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This report summarises the findings of a pilot research project to develop a Multidimensional Inequality Monitoring Framework for the EU (EU MIMF), undertaken by the Joint Research Centre at the request of the European Parliament. The EU MIMF is intended to play a role as a first, but comprehensive, attempt to establish a ‘common language’ and a common framework for monitoring and analysing inequalities in the EU. The EU MIMF will also help broaden and deepen the scope of frameworks monitoring progress towards a more cohesive and social Europe, such as the Social Scoreboard for the European Pillar of Social Rights.The basic premise underpinning this report is that inequality is a complex and multifaceted phenomenon.Therefore, we draw on up to five different methodological approaches to study inequalities across 10 key dimensions of human well-being. In addition to defining and computing relevant inequality metrics at country level, we have developed and implemented a double-sorting algorithm that allows us: (i) to rank countries according to their performance in any subset of inequality indicators, and (ii) to identify inwhich of the areas covered by these indicators the countries struggle — or find it easier — to make progress in their efforts to tackle inequalities. The report also includes a section that explores the econometric analysis of possible causes and effects of inequalities in the EU. Finally, the last two chapters make use of high-quality administrative data sets to calculate more granular (i.e. sub-national) inequality indicators in selected EU countries.
Publications
- Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
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Abstract
This report summarises the findings of a pilot research project to develop a Multidimensional Inequality Monitoring Framework for the EU (EU MIMF), undertaken by the Joint Research Centre at the request of the European Parliament. The EU MIMF is intended to play a role as a first, but comprehensive, attempt to establish a ‘common language’ and a common framework for monitoring and analysing inequalities in the EU. The EU MIMF will also help broaden and deepen the scope of frameworks monitoring progress towards a more cohesive and social Europe, such as the Social Scoreboard for the European Pillar of Social Rights. The basic premise underpinning this report is that inequality is a complex and multifaceted phenomenon. Therefore, we draw on up to five different methodological approaches to study inequalities across 10 key dimensions of human well-being. In addition to defining and computing relevant inequality metrics at country level, we have developed and implemented a double-sorting algorithm that allows us: (i) to rank countries according to their performance in any subset of inequality indicators, and (ii) to identify in which of the areas covered by these indicators the countries struggle — or find it easier — to make progress in their efforts to tackle inequalities. The report also includes a section that explores the econometric analysis of possible causes and effects of inequalities in the EU. Finally, the last two chapters make use of high-quality administrative data sets to calculate more granular (i.e. sub-national) inequality indicators in selected EU countries.
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Additional information
- Published by
- European Commission, Joint Research Centre
- Created date
- 2021-08-09
- Modified date
- 2021-08-09
- Issued date
- 2019-05-28
- Landing page
- https://composite-indicators.jrc.ec.europa.eu/multidimensional-inequality/
- Data theme(s)
- Population and society
- Update frequency
- other
- Identifier
- http://data.europa.eu/89h/69a974b5-a71b-4e84-8ecc-fc5afa35cdbf
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