Foreign education, gender legal rights, and economic freedom

2025/06/04 by Christina Peters, Maria Tackett, Alexandre Padilla · 1 voice
Social Sciences · #Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences #Human Rights and Development #International Human Rights and Reproductive Law

paper · doi:10.1111/coep.12698

openalex publication_date 2025/06/04 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/05/21

Abstract

Abstract Economic freedom is linked with better economic and human development outcomes. However, benefits are not evenly spread, with notable gaps in legal systems and property rights, impacting gender equality in economic freedom. Addressing the distribution of economic freedom could enhance development. This study examines foreign education's role in reducing gender disparities in economic freedom. It finds that foreign‐educated individuals influence reforms in their home countries based on gender rights experienced abroad. The extent of their influence depends on the destination country's gender disparity levels and their progress over time.

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