The Positive Effect of Promoting Gender Equality in Education on Economic Growth: From the Perspective of Gender Dividend

The gap between males and females in education appears not only in the semi-industrial religions but also in the industrial religions. Many literature have discussed the importance of promoting gender equality in education based on data-driven results. This study explains the conception and connotation of gender dividend, the positive effect of promoting gender equality in education from the perspective of gender dividend, and elaborates it from three dimensions based on Shi and Zhang’s analytical framework: personal development dimension, family development dimension, and aggregate economy dimension. This study believes that gender equality in education would improve woman’s status, entire population human capital, family development and economic development level through the three channels. This study also argues that promoting gender equality in education in countries experiencing economic structure transformation is necessary and comes up with two directions for future research: focusing on the effect of promoting gender equality education and parents’ preference towards children’s gender structure.