Exploiting a unique policy reform in Egypt that reduced the number of years of compulsory schooling, we show how it … entirely driven by girls from more disadvantaged households. Treated women later experienced important positive improvements in … labor market opportunity and marriage quality, as measured by bride price received and household bargaining power. We …

This paper posits marriage market returns as a contributing factor to stagnant female labor force participation despite … increasing female education. The paper examines the marriage market returns of female education by exploiting a very direct … measure of returns: bride price, a significant amount of resources transferred by the groom at the time of marriage. The paper …

This paper examines the marriage market returns of female education in Egypt by exploiting a very direct measure of … returns: bride price, a significant amount of resources transferred by the groom at the time of marriage. Identification … education is about 100% for bride price, about 14% for husband’s wage at the time of marriage, and about 16% for a measure of …