TY - JOUR ID - 63330 TI - Investigating the role of employment and education of women on economic growth in Iran: Gravitational search algorithm and Firefly algorithm approach JO - Woman in Development & Politics JA - JWDP LA - en SN - 2538-3124 AU - Asadzadeh, Ahmad AU - Mirani, Nina AU - Ghazi khani, Forough AU - Esmail Darjani, Najmaeh AU - Honardoust, Atieh AD - Associate Professor, Tabriz University AD - PhD Student in Economy, Tabriz University AD - MA in Economy, Bu Ali Sina University AD - PhD Student in Economy, Isfahan University Y1 - 2017 PY - 2017 VL - 15 IS - 3 SP - 359 EP - 381 KW - Women’s economic participation KW - women's education KW - Iran KW - Gravitational search algorithm KW - Firefly Algorithm DO - 10.22059/jwdp.2017.225995.1007138 N2 - To enrich the complex process of development and the role of human resources as one of its main factors, it is essential to review the role of the human resources, especially the role of women, who constitute half of the world population. In recent years, the new socio-economic phenomenon of the female participation in the labor market has emerged. Empowering women and removing the obstacles improve the political, social and economic conditions of the society, as it brings about the sustainable growth and development. The present paper gives an analysis on the relationship between the variables affecting economic growth during the period 1380- 1393, with emphasis on the role of employment and education of women. Then, by using the Gravitational Search Algorithm (GSA) and Firefly Algorithm (FA), the economic development of the country is estimated in the form of non-linear equations with emphasis on the rate of the economic participation of women and their education. The findings indicate that increasing rate of women's economic participation in the labor market has a positive and significant impact on the country's GDP as the growth of the literacy level in form of an intersection variable has a positive impact on the rate of the women's economic participation and as a whole on GDP. UR - https://jwdp.ut.ac.ir/article_63330.html L1 - https://jwdp.ut.ac.ir/article_63330_bb8de5e8eb9e3cee5f4c84257821cf7c.pdf ER -