Intergenerational mobility in women’s employment outcomes in Egypt

Using data from the Egypt Labor Market Panel Survey 1998–2012 rounds, this project examines the influence of having a working mother on daughters’ employment outcomes using two different techniques. First, it examines the associations between mothers’ and daughters’ employment status and sector of employment using logistic and multinomial logistic regression. Second, it analyzes mobility tables of parents’ employment status and their daughters’ employment status in order to examine whether mothers or fathers are more predictive for women’s engagement in the labor force. The analysis will have implications for policies that aim to keep women in the labor force after marriage, as well as for policies that aim to promote equality of opportunity.