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- Title
Women Who Stopped Working Due to Their Husband's Opposition in Egypt.
- Authors
Iparraguirre, Jose Louis; Hadi, Zeina Amr Hosny Zaki Mohamed Abdel
- 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.
- Subjects
EGYPT; HUSBANDS; MARRIAGE age; WOMEN employees; RELIGIOUS identity; AGE; HOUSEKEEPING; EDUCATIONAL attainment
- Publication
Review of Middle East Economics & Finance, 2024, Vol 20, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1475-3685
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1515/rmeef-2023-0011