Looking through the glass ceiling: the relative worth of women in organization in ASEAN
| dc.contributor.advisor | Pernia, Ernesto M. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Viray, Earl Ricser P. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Espanta, Jereen Andrea S.P. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-10-14T07:30:25Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-10-14T07:30:25Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2015-12 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Despite feminist efforts, women remain underestimated and taken for granted in the economy. The imbalance of gender in high management bodies is not good for the economy. In this study, we hypothesize that there is no obvious congruence between the gender gap index and the glass ceiling index. We construct glass ceiling indices for seven Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries -- the Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei Darussalam, and Vietnam. We use nine indicators for the construction of our glass ceiling index, namely, paid maternity leave, women in parliament, share of senior managers who are women, share of women on company boards, wage gap, labor force participation of women, higher education gap, child care costs, and share of women GMAT candidates. We do a comparative analysis of the gender gap and glass ceiling rankings of the countries to prove our hypothesis. We find that the gender gap is a more general gauge and is not an accurate measure of which country has the best working environment for women. Moreover, we forecast GDP of the ASEAN countries using ARIMA modeling and estimate foregone GDP due to the persistence of the glass ceiling. We find that there may be a substantial loss to the economy due to the glass ceiling, and that there is a compelling argument for both government and business leaders to take action to urgently address the glass ceiling issue. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://selib.upd.edu.ph/etdir/handle/123456789/737 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.subject | women | |
| dc.subject | ASEAN | |
| dc.title | Looking through the glass ceiling: the relative worth of women in organization in ASEAN | |
| dc.type | Thesis |