Abstract
We analyse the inter-generational relationship of attitudes towards gender roles and their impact on individuals’ labour market participations in Egypt. We find a strong correlation between mothers’ and daughters’ perceptions of gender roles. Unlike the existing literature, perceptions are not associated with the labour market status even if we control for endogeneity issues using an instrumental variable regression. Furthermore, higher-educated females are more likely to be unemployed in Egypt. These results imply that perceptions among females are not translated into their labour market behaviour and the supply-side policies alone may not be sufficient for improving young women’s employment opportunities.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 876-894 |
Number of pages | 19 |
Journal | Journal of Development Studies |
Volume | 52 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2016 Jun 2 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Development