A collective model of female labor supply: do distribution factors matter in the Egyptian case?

Rana Hendy and Catherine Sofer ()

Documents de travail du Centre d'Economie de la Sorbonne from Université Panthéon-Sorbonne (Paris 1), Centre d'Economie de la Sorbonne

Abstract: This paper examines the intrahousehold ressource allocation in Egyptian married couples and its impact on females labor supply. Using data from the Egyptian Labor market and Panel Survey of 2006, we estimate a discrete-choice model for female labor supply within a collective framework. The economic model incorporates the possibility of non-participation for females which represents the working situation of more than 70 percent of Egyptian married women. The originality of this paper consists on testing new distribution factors, i.e., a set of exogenous variables which influence the intrahousehold allocation of resources without affecting preferences or the budget constraint. The latter are variables related to the marriage market, gender attitudes, domestic violence, direct access to the household income and participation in household decision making. Indentification of the model relies on the assumption that only some parameters of the utility function are identical for single and married females. We find significant relations between females bargaining power and labor supply decisions. This study's results has important policy implications

Keywords: Collective model; labor supply; distribution factors; maximum simulated likelihood; Egypt (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D11 D12 J22 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 39 pages
Date: 2010-05
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Working Paper: A Collective Model of Female Labor Supply: Do Distribution Factors Matter in the Egyptian Case ? (2010)
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