Conference Paper
The Migration’s Impact on The Empowerment of Women Left Behind: Evidence from Egypt
No.
ERF29AC_132
Publisher
ERF
Date
April, 2023
This study examines the impact of male international migration on the labor market outcomes and empowerment of women left behind in Egypt (WLB). Data is obtained from 2006, 2012, and 2018 Egyptian Labor Market Panel Survey (ELMPS). Two batteries of outcomes variables are modeled including the labor supply of WLB and three pillars of women empowerment. The findings show that the migration of a male member in the household is associated with a lower level of labor market participation for women. However, these effects are not driven by lower empowerment, but mostly because WLB replaces the role played by the male migrant in subsistence and non-paid family work, particularly in rural areas. Both WLB living in rural and urban areas are less likely to ask for permission their husband or another family membersmembers when going out and are more likely to have personal savings than women living in a non-migrant household. Our results show that socio-economic changes happening in the destination countries may have contributed to the progress we observe in terms of WLB empowerment.
Authors
Yasmine Abdelfattah
Assistant Professor of Statistics, School of Business...
Authors
Hélène Syed Zwick
Executive Director, ESLSCA University
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Nada Rostom
Research Associate, J-PAL Middle East and North...