Impacts of Gender Inequality on Human Development Index in Asia: A Panel Data Fixed Effect Regression

Muhammad Mansha (), Asma Manzoor (), Kiran Sarwar () and Saad Ullah Hussain ()
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Muhammad Mansha: PhD Scholar, School of Economics and Finance, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China
Asma Manzoor: M.Phil., Department of Economics, COMSATS University Islamabad, Vehari Campus, Pakistan
Kiran Sarwar: M.Phil., Department of Economics, COMSATS University Islamabad, Vehari Campus, Pakistan
Saad Ullah Hussain: PhD Scholar, School of Economics and Finance, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China

iRASD Journal of Economics, 2022, vol. 4, issue 4, 594-606

Abstract: Gender inequality is a big issue in Asia. The objective of this study is to explain empirically how gender inequality affects the human enlargement index in Asian countries based on the panel data from 1990-2018. We utilized panel data Fixed Effect regression in this study to quantify the impacts of gender inequality on human development across Asian countries. The selection of the Fixed Effects Model has been made after the Hausman test results. The results of the study expose that gender inequality significantly contributed to both the human development index and the non-income human development index but their relationship is negative. As for as the control variables are concerned, working population and trade openness positively contributed towards human development while inflation and unemployment negatively contributed towards human development in Asia.

Keywords: Gender inequality; Human development; Asian countries; Fixed effect model (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.52131/joe.2022.0404.0101

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