Quarterly Journal of The Macro and Strategic Policies

Quarterly Journal of The Macro and Strategic Policies

The role of women in improving the business environment (Case study: Iran and the selected developing countries)

Document Type : Review Article

Authors
seyyed ali paytakhti oskooe
Lale Tabaqchi Akbari
saeb
Abstract
An indication of the development of any society, is set up and manage business by women entrepreneurs. Women's participation in economic activities has a key role not only in the development of women's capabilities and skills, but also in economic and social development. In this paper, the impact of women labor, man labor, income and inflation on the business environment index were studied for the 8 selected developing countries (including Iran) during the period 2006 to 2014. The empirical results from employing panel cointegration method with Dynamic Ordinary Least Squares (DOLS) technique show that women labor has a positive impact on the business environment index.
Keywords
Women
Business Environment Index
panel cointegration method
Developing countries
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  • Receive Date 03 January 2016
  • Revise Date 26 July 2016
  • Accept Date 03 December 2016