Working Papers

Individual and Households Determinants of Women Empowerment: Application to the Case of Egypt

No.

867

Date

November, 2014

Topic

D1. Household Behavior and Family Economics

C2. Single Equation Models

This research deals with women’s empowerment as an outcome of interest by defining the different individual and socio-demographic determinants that affect women’s empowerment in the Egyptian society. The paper analyzed two dimensions of women’s empowerment; the decision-making and the mobility aspects of Egyptian women. Using the Egypt Labor Market Panel Survey (ELMPS) 2012, we estimated a decision-making index and a mobility index. Our results came in line with the literature; age, education, employment, poverty status, number of children, having an adult son in addition to a woman’s husband, and her father’s characteristics appeared as significant determinants of empowerment. Further, most of these determinants, showed varying impact depending on the dimension of empowerment studied. The regional context was found to be very important in explaining Egyptian women’s empowerment. Context was not only found to be an important determinant of women’s empowerment as measured by our two indices, but it was also found to affect the impact of the other individual and socio demographic determinants on women’s empowerment.
Individual and Households Determinants of Women Empowerment: Application to the Case of Egypt

Research Fellows

Ragui Assaad

Professor and Freeman Chair for International Economic...

Individual and Households Determinants of Women Empowerment: Application to the Case of Egypt

Research Fellows

Hanan Nazier

Professor, Faculty of Economics and Political Science,...

Individual and Households Determinants of Women Empowerment: Application to the Case of Egypt

Research Fellows

Racha Ramadan

Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics and Political...