Labor Market Shocks and Youths' Time Allocation in Egypt: Where Does Women's Empowerment Come In?

Marion Dovis (), Patricia Augier and Clémentine Sadania
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Patricia Augier: AMSE - Aix-Marseille Sciences Economiques - EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales - AMU - Aix Marseille Université - ECM - École Centrale de Marseille - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Clémentine Sadania: University of Mannheim = Universität Mannheim

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Abstract: This paper investigates how large shocks on the Egyptian labor market following the 2011 uprising impacted youths' time allocation. We estimate the effects of reported changes in the father's working conditions on youths' work participation and school enrollment in bivariate probit models, using the 2012 round of the Egypt Labor Market Panel Survey. Our contribution lies in exploring the association between mother's empowerment and shock transmission. We find that reported positive changes reduce daughters' participation in intensive domestic work but only when the mother has a high level of bargaining power. This suggests that a woman's say in household decisions can affect the reallocation of resources following a change in the family income.

Date: 2021-07
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Published in Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2021, 69 (4), pp.1501-1540. ⟨10.1086/705713⟩

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DOI: 10.1086/705713

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