Working and Women’s Empowerment in the Egyptian Household: The Type of Work and Location Matter

Clémentine Sadania ()
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Clémentine Sadania: Aix-Marseille Univ. (Aix-Marseille School of Economics), CNRS, EHESS and Centrale Marseille

No 1722, AMSE Working Papers from Aix-Marseille School of Economics, France

Abstract: This paper explores the impact of women’s work on empowerment in Egypt. Existing evidence suffers from several limitations, which I attempt to address. First, I develop an instrumental variable strategy to account for the endogeneity of work. Second, I allow for a heterogeneous impact of work, distinguishing between working in the public sector, outside work in the private sector and home-based work. Third, women’s empowerment is directly measured as their participation in household decisions. Outside work has the greatest impact. Interestingly, home-based work enhances joint decision-making. Distinguishing between urban and rural residence reveals distinct patterns of impact on decision-making.

Keywords: women’s empowerment; employment; household decision-making (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D13 J16 J21 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 47 pages
Date: 2016-12
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-afr, nep-ara, nep-dev and nep-hme
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