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E3S Web Conf.
Volume 73, 2018
The 3rd International Conference on Energy, Environmental and Information System (ICENIS 2018)
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| Article Number | 11002 | |
| Number of page(s) | 4 | |
| Section | Gender, Formal‐Informal Worker and Environmental Behavior | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/20187311002 | |
| Published online | 21 December 2018 | |
Macroeconomic Determinants of Gender Inequality Index in Eight ASEAN Countries
1 Kwik Kian Gie Institute of Business and Informatics, Jakarta, Indonesia
2 Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Diponegoro, Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia
Gender inequality is a situation where women and men are not equal and it leads to an unequal treatment or an individual perception as a whole. Gender inequality is still a major obstacle to human development. It will have a negative impact on the development of their ability and freedom of choice. This study is aimed to examine macroeconomic determinants, namely gross domestic product per capita, trade and foreign direct investment to gender inequality index in eight ASEAN countries. They are Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. The research was taken from 2010 to 2015 by using the dynamic panel data. The results concluded that all independent variables were significant and had a negative direction. It means that the increase in gross domestic product per capita, trade, and foreign direct investment substantially lowered the gender inequality index in eight ASEAN countries. These results emphasize the importance of continuously improving all macroeconomic determinants because they will impact the decline of gender inequality in eight ASEAN countries.
Key words: Gender Inequality Index / Per Capita Gross Domestic Product / Trade / Foreign Direct Investment / Dynamic Panel Data
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