Bitte verwenden Sie diesen Link, um diese Publikation zu zitieren, oder auf sie als Internetquelle zu verweisen: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/223844 
Erscheinungsjahr: 
2020
Schriftenreihe/Nr.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 13402
Verlag: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Zusammenfassung: 
Exploiting a unique policy reform in Egypt that reduced the number of years of compulsory schooling, we show how it unexpectedly increased education attainment as more students chose to complete the next school stage. This impact is almost entirely driven by girls from more disadvantaged households. Treated women later experienced important positive improvements in labor market opportunity and marriage quality, as measured by bride price received and household bargaining power. We attribute the increased investment in daughters' human capital to changes in the behavior of credit-constrained families facing reduced school costs combined with strongly non-linear returns to female education.
Schlagwörter: 
school costs
education investment
gender bias
female labor market
marriage
bride price
Egypt
JEL: 
I21
I25
J24
O55
Dokumentart: 
Working Paper

Datei(en):
Datei
Größe
1.24 MB





Publikationen in EconStor sind urheberrechtlich geschützt.