The data shows investments forecasts from the EIGE (2017) study on the "Economic Benefits of Gender Equality in the European Union".
Investments are defined as resident producers’ investments, deducting disposals, in fixed assets during a given period. Investments also include certain additions to the value of non-produced assets realized by producers or institutional units.
Fixed assets are tangible or intangible assets produced as outputs from production processes that are used repeatedly, or continuously, for more than one year.
Investment values are at constant (2014) prices, i.e. they are expressed in terms of the price level of the base year 2014.
The figures for each year are the percentage differences between the investments forecasted under each scenario and the investments forecasted under the baseline scenario.
The baseline scenario assumes that no additional improvements in gender equality will be achieved beyond what could be expected based on recent historical trends.
The data is presented according to five pathways. The term ‘pathway’ refers to a certain gender inequality, for which at least a theoretical link to macroeconomic performance has been established in the literature. For each pathway there is a 'slow progress scenario' and 'rapid progress scenario'.
For further methodological details, users are advised to consult the following resources available on EIGE's website:
Available flags:
b | break in time series | c | confidential |
d | definition differs, see metadata | e | estimated |
f | forecast | i | see metadata |
m | imputed | n | not significant |
p | provisional | r | revised |
s | Eurostat estimate | u | low reliability |
x | dropped due to insufficient sample size | y | unreliable due to small sample size |
z | not applicable |