Women Who Stopped Working Due to Their Husband’s Opposition in Egypt

Iparraguirre Jose Louis () and Hadi Zeina Amr Hosny Zaki Mohamed Abdel ()
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Iparraguirre Jose Louis: Ms Faculty of Business Administration, German International University of Applied Sciences, Cairo, Egypt
Hadi Zeina Amr Hosny Zaki Mohamed Abdel: Ms Faculty of Business Administration, German International University of Applied Sciences, Cairo, Egypt

Review of Middle East Economics and Finance, 2024, vol. 20, issue 1, 1-43

Abstract: This paper investigates a neglected reason underlying the low female labor participation rates in Egypt: husbands’ opposition. We find that opposition falls with increasing levels of educational attainment and chronological age of the husband. Age at first marriage, religious affiliation, wealth, and the extent to which a husband upholds traditional views regarding the participation of women in the labor market and gender equality in general were not significant. We also report an inverse relationship between the likelihood of husband’s opposition and the number of children in the household, which suggests that financial considerations may outstrip normative considerations.

Keywords: labour supply; Egypt; female participation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D13 E24 J01 J2 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1515/rmeef-2023-0011

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