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85 lines
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abstract: 'Female labor force participation rates in the Middle East and North
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Africa are low compared to other world regions. This study contributes
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to the literature explaining this phenomenon in Egypt (1998, 2006,
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2012), Jordan (2010, 2016) and Tunisia (2014) by referring to women''s
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unearned incomes, whether in the form of household wealth, the presence
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of male earners in the household, or total male monthly income. We
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estimate probability models of women''s labor force participation, for
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the entire sample and, recognizing the role of wealth, by household
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wealth quintile. We find that the higher the wealth index of a woman''s
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household, the less likely the woman is to participate in the labor
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force. This result holds even when the presence of a male wage worker in
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the household is accounted for, and when male income is included. The
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degree of regional wealth inequality also has bearing on women''s labor
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force participation, but the results differ between Egypt, on the one
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hand, and Jordan and Tunisia, on the other hand. The magnitudes of the
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substitution and income effects on women''s labor force participation
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vary by country and survey wave, and particularly between women in
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different wealth quintiles. (C) 2019 Board of Trustees of the University
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of Illinois. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.'
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affiliation: 'AlAzzawi, S (Corresponding Author), Santa Clara Univ, Leavey Sch Business,
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Econ Dept, 500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, CA 95053 USA.
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AlAzzawi, Shireen, Santa Clara Univ, Leavey Sch Business, Econ Dept, 500 El Camino
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Real, Santa Clara, CA 95053 USA.
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AlAzzawi, Shireen, Econ Res Forum, Cairo, Egypt.
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Hlasny, Vladimir, Ewha Womans Univ, Econ Dept, 401 Ewha Posco Bldg, Seoul 120750,
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South Korea.'
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author: AlAzzawi, Shireen and Hlasny, Vladimir
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author-email: 'salazzawi@scu.edu
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vhlasny@ewha.ac.kr'
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author_list:
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- family: AlAzzawi
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given: Shireen
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- family: Hlasny
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given: Vladimir
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da: '2023-09-28'
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doi: 10.1016/j.qref.2019.08.002
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eissn: 1878-4259
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files: []
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issn: 1062-9769
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journal: QUARTERLY REVIEW OF ECONOMICS AND FINANCE
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keywords: 'Female employment; Labor force participation; Asset-based wealth; Wealth
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inequality; MENA'
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keywords-plus: POVERTY; INEQUALITY
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language: English
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month: AUG
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number: SI
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number-of-cited-references: '24'
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orcid-numbers: Hlasny, Vladimir/0000-0002-6029-1634
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pages: 3-13
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papis_id: a1edae22ee3b1f36dc85207009f11c1d
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ref: Alazzawi2019householdasset
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researcherid-numbers: Hlasny, Vladimir/AAI-9716-2020
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times-cited: '4'
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title: Household asset wealth and female labor supply in MENA
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type: article
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unique-id: WOS:000485193100002
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usage-count-last-180-days: '1'
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usage-count-since-2013: '9'
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volume: '73'
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web-of-science-categories: Economics
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year: '2019'
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