The dynamics of family formation and women’s work : what facilitates and hinders female employment in the middle east and north Africa ?
Joint Authors
Krafft, Caroline
Selwaness, Irene
Source
Economic Research Forum : Working Paper Series
Issue
Vol. 2018, Issue 1172-1274 (31 Dec. 2018), pp.0-40, 41 p.
Publisher
Economic Research Forum for the Arab Countries Iran and Turkey
Publication Date
2018-12-31
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
41
Main Subjects
Topics
Abstract EN
This paper investigates the dynamic relationship between family formation and women’s employment, a previously unexplored aspect of female labor force participation in MENA region.
The paper studies Egypt, Jordan and Tunisia, leveraging unique retrospective data on work, marriage, child bearing and child rearing.
The time variation allows us to estimate discrete hazard models for the duration of different labor statuses.
This paper examines three sets of outcomes: (1) duration in employment, (2) duration in non-employment, and (3) duration in different labor market states and specific types of work.
Findings show that anticipating marriage and child-bearing are strongly associated with women’s employment outcomes.
Non-employment is an absorbing state, particularly after marriage
American Psychological Association (APA)
Selwaness, Irene& Krafft, Caroline. 2018. The dynamics of family formation and women’s work : what facilitates and hinders female employment in the middle east and north Africa ?. Economic Research Forum : Working Paper Series،Vol. 2018, no. 1172-1274, pp.0-40.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-836453
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Selwaness, Irene& Krafft, Caroline. The dynamics of family formation and women’s work : what facilitates and hinders female employment in the middle east and north Africa ?. Economic Research Forum : Working Paper Series No. 1172-1274 (Dec. 2018), pp.0-40.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-836453
American Medical Association (AMA)
Selwaness, Irene& Krafft, Caroline. The dynamics of family formation and women’s work : what facilitates and hinders female employment in the middle east and north Africa ?. Economic Research Forum : Working Paper Series. 2018. Vol. 2018, no. 1172-1274, pp.0-40.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-836453
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes appendices : p. 38-40
Record ID
BIM-836453