A Study on the Relationship Between Economic Development and Women’s Actual Status: Evidence from Global
Wanghaimeng  Zhongxintong  Qinyuyue  Xukunyu

Beijing Normal University – Hong Kong Baptist University United International College, Zhuhai City, Guangdong Province, 519087；

Abstract: This paper examines the relationship between economic development and the actual status of women. Focus on economic participation and political empowerment. In this study, we will use a sample of 146 countries/regions, and we will use gender and age as control variables and economic participation and opportunities and political empowerment to measure the actual status of women. We find a positive correlation between economic development and the actual status of women. Through the analysis of GDP and GNI data of 146 countries in the world, we find that GNI has an important impact on women's political participation and economic participation, but GDP has no effect on both. However, age and gender do not have a moderating effect, indicating that age and gender do not affect the positive correlation between economic development and economic participation and opportunities and political empowerment.

Keywords: economic development；women's actual status；economic participation；political empowerment；positive correlation

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