Studying the Effect of Female Higher Education on Iran’s Economic Growth

Subject Areas : Woman and Society

رویا Aleemran ¹ , S.A Aleemran ²

1 - رییس دانشکده اقتصاد، مدیریت و حسابداری دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد تبریز
2 - university of tabriz

Received: 2017-09-25 Accepted : 2019-09-14 Published : 2019-10-23

Keywords: Iran, Economic Growth, Female Higher Education, Johansen-Juselius Method,

Abstract :

the objective of this research is to study the effect of female higher education on Iran’s economic growthduring the first quarter of 1998 to the fourth quarter of 2015 by using Johansen and Juselius cointegration method. The research results indicate that, the impact of coefficients of variables was based on expected theoretical foundations and are statistically significant. In other words, female higher education has a significant positive impact on economic growth. Also, the results based on error correction model indicate per period (per season), 0.76 short run imbalances to achieve long run balance is adjusted.

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