The purpose of this study is to explain the relationship between religiosity and women’s labor force participation … logistic regression found that religiosity is negatively related to women’s likelihood of labor force participation keeping … other variables constant. An increase in devotion and frequency of prayers tend to increase women’s likelihood of staying …

worked decisions of adults left behind, including the hours spent by women in subsistence and domestic work. We differentiate … effects for men and women separately. Additionally, we examine the labor supply behavior of wives whose husband migrated. We … draw on the 2006 cross section using an instrumental variable approach as well as on the 1998/2006 panel of the Egypt Labor …

Female labor force participation has remained low in Egypt. This paper examines whether male international migration … provides a leeway for women to enter the labor market and/or to increase their labor supply. In line with previous studies, we … find a decrease in wage work in both rural and urban areas. However, women living in rural areas and affected by migration …

Female labor force participation has remained low in Egypt. This paper examines whether male international migration … provides a leeway for women to enter the labor market and/or to increase their labor supply. In line with previous studies, we … find a decrease in wage work in both rural and urban areas. However, women living in rural areas and affected by migration …