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| Title: | | Egyptian men working abroad: Labor supply responses by the women left behind  |
| Authors: | | Binzel, Christine Assaad, Ragui |
| Issue Date: | | 2011 |
| Series/Report no.: | | Discussion paper series // Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit 5589 |
| Abstract: | | Female labor force participation has remained low in Egypt. This paper examines whether male international migration provides a leeway for women to enter the labor market and/or to increase their labor supply. In line with previous studies, we find a decrease in wage work in both rural and urban areas. However, women living in rural areas and affected by migration are much more likely to be employed in non-wage activities (i.e. unpaid family work) and subsistence work compared to women in non-migrant households. Furthermore, we find evidence that this labor supply response is driven by the household's need to replace the migrant's labor rather than by a loosening of a financing constraint on family enterprises made possible by the flow of remittances. |
| Subjects: | | migration remittances labor supply gender |
| JEL: | | O15 J22 F22 R23 |
| Persistent Identifier of the first edition: | | urn:nbn:de:101:1-201104134113 |
| Document Type: | | Working Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | IZA Discussion Papers, Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA)
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