Investigation of the determinants of female participation in the labor market in Egypt /
Marina Adel Saber Riad
Investigation of the determinants of female participation in the labor market in Egypt / دراسة محددات مشاركة المرأة فى سوق العمل فى مصر Marina Adel Saber Riad ; Supervised Soad Kamel Rizk , Jasmin Mahmoud Fouad - Cairo : Marina Adel Saber Riad , 2016 - 202 P. : charts ; 25cm
Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Economics and Political Science - Department of Economics
The objective of the study is to investigate the determinants of female labor force participation in Egypt. The study used the statistical descriptive method to conclude the macro-level determinants, while the binary logistic regression model and multinomial logistic regression model were used to define the micro-level determinants. The results suggest that the improvements in maternal and reproductive health in addition to the gender parity achieved in the basic educations enrollment ratio increased the female participation rate in the period 2000-2014. Yet, females participation is still below the worlds average, due to high levels of fertility, increased drop-out rates of females from secondary education and lower health quality due to malnutrition. The study also finds that females employment in economic sectors with low-share in GDP, high female unemployment rate, wage and occupational segregation, low political participation and inflexibility of labor law articles reduced female labor force participation rate. The study concludes that females decision to participate in the labor force is positively affected by some variables including parents level of education, females university and post university education, marriage, females real monthly wage, females age at marriage, husbands level of education and medical insurance coverage and sick leave. While, the relation is negative in the variables: fathers and husbands employment stability and formality, number of working hours, households level of wealth, household size and husbands real monthly wage. Results confirm that domestic violence against females and less participation in households decision making process decrease females accessibility to the Egyptian labor market
Female labor force participation Gender analysis Women empowerment
Investigation of the determinants of female participation in the labor market in Egypt / دراسة محددات مشاركة المرأة فى سوق العمل فى مصر Marina Adel Saber Riad ; Supervised Soad Kamel Rizk , Jasmin Mahmoud Fouad - Cairo : Marina Adel Saber Riad , 2016 - 202 P. : charts ; 25cm
Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Economics and Political Science - Department of Economics
The objective of the study is to investigate the determinants of female labor force participation in Egypt. The study used the statistical descriptive method to conclude the macro-level determinants, while the binary logistic regression model and multinomial logistic regression model were used to define the micro-level determinants. The results suggest that the improvements in maternal and reproductive health in addition to the gender parity achieved in the basic educations enrollment ratio increased the female participation rate in the period 2000-2014. Yet, females participation is still below the worlds average, due to high levels of fertility, increased drop-out rates of females from secondary education and lower health quality due to malnutrition. The study also finds that females employment in economic sectors with low-share in GDP, high female unemployment rate, wage and occupational segregation, low political participation and inflexibility of labor law articles reduced female labor force participation rate. The study concludes that females decision to participate in the labor force is positively affected by some variables including parents level of education, females university and post university education, marriage, females real monthly wage, females age at marriage, husbands level of education and medical insurance coverage and sick leave. While, the relation is negative in the variables: fathers and husbands employment stability and formality, number of working hours, households level of wealth, household size and husbands real monthly wage. Results confirm that domestic violence against females and less participation in households decision making process decrease females accessibility to the Egyptian labor market
Female labor force participation Gender analysis Women empowerment