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How does gender inequality in education and labor force participation affect Afghanistan’s economic growth? Cover

How does gender inequality in education and labor force participation affect Afghanistan’s economic growth?

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|Dec 2025

Figures & Tables

Unit Root Tests

At level
VariablePhillips Perron (PP)Dickey-Fuller (ADF)
LnGDPG0.0910.091
LnPOP0.028**0.022**
LnGILFP0.7640.000***
LnGIE0.6260.003***
At 1st difference
LnGDPG0.0001***0.0002***
LnPOP0.0005***0.083
LnGILFP1.00000.046***
LnGIE0.6910.039***

Error Correction Model

VariablesCoefficientStd. Errort-StatisticProb
D(LnGDPG(-1))0.3111920.0896353.4717680.0255
D(LnGDPG(-2))0.0911390.0696821.3079360.2610
D(LnGILFP)−12.439641.078531−11.533880.0003
D(LnGILFP (-1))50.086344.06301912.327370.0002
D(LnGILFP (-2)28.666357.5512963.7962160.0192
D(LnGIE)−15.152121.151973−13.153180.0002
D(LnGIE(-1)11.213731.4979847.4858800.0017
D(LnGIE(-2)13.936892.7839595.0061400.0075
D(LnPOP)−1.5337640.270269−5.6749560.0048
D(LnPOP(-1)1.2676620.1770167.1612860.0020
D(LnPOP(-2)0.4901530.2538961.9305260.1257
CointEq(-1)*−0.9421040.209542−9.2683180.0008
R2 = 0.92 Prob(F-statistic) = 0.0005R2 = 0.88 DW = 2. 89

ARDL Bound testing

ARDL Bound Testing Approach
Dependent Variable GDPG ARDL (3.3.3.3.2)
F-StatisticsCritical values
8.5900.100.50.01
I(0)I(1)I(0)I(1)I(0)I(1)
2.6763.5863.2724.3064.6145.966

Long–Run Relationships

ARDL Long Run Results ARDL (3.3.3.3) Dependent Variable LGDPG Period 2000–2022
VariableCo-efficientStandard-error(prob)
LnGILFP−16.673042.7489390.0037
LnGIE−9.0386681.1736040.0015
LnPOP−1.3357170.3956320.0279
C15.374512.9679080.0066

Classical Tests

Null-HypothesisF- -StatisticsP-value
LM Test: Breusch-Godfrey Serial Correlation0.7600.670
Heteroscedasticity Test: Breusch Pagan-Godfrey4.3310.068
The normality of Jarque-Bera0.7910.673
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rsep-2025-0009 | Journal eISSN: 2547-9385 | Journal ISSN: 2149-9276
Language: English
Page range: 1 - 12
Submitted on: Sep 12, 2025
Accepted on: Nov 15, 2025
Published on: Dec 31, 2025
Published by: BC Group
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
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