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Women's empowerment is good for, among many other things, economic development, global health, and the advancement of human rights. Now research shows that it's also good for medal counts. A study in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, due out in early 2015, looks at the connection between gender equality and how well a country's athletes -- both male and female -- have fared in the Olympics. Equality in education was an especially good predictor of performance by a country's athletes. Adapted from the source document.

Women's empowerment is good for, among many other things, economic development, global health, and the advancement of human rights. Now research shows that it's also good for medal counts. A study in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, due out in early 2015, looks at the connection between gender equality and how well a country's athletes -- both male and female -- have fared in the Olympics. Equality in education was an especially good predictor of performance by a country's athletes. Adapted from the source document.