Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

• Ahmad Asadzadeh ¹
• Nina Mirani ²
• Forough Ghazi khani ³
• Najmaeh Esmail Darjani ²
• Atieh Honardoust ⁴

¹ Associate Professor, Tabriz University

² PhD Student in Economy, Tabriz University

³ MA in Economy, Bu Ali Sina University

⁴ PhD Student in Economy, Isfahan University

Abstract

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.

Keywords

• Women’s economic participation
• women's education
• Iran
• Gravitational search algorithm
• Firefly Algorithm

Main Subjects

• economics