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Title A Collective Model of Female Labor Supply: Do Distribution Factors Matter in the Egyptian Case ?
Full text http://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/docs/00/48/24/92/PDF/10035.pdf
Date 2010
Author(s) Hendy, Rana; Sofer, Catherine
Abstract This paper examines the intrahousehold ressource allocation in Egyptian married couples and its impact on females labor supply. Using data from the Egyptian Labor market and Panel Survey of 2006, we estimate a discrete-choice model for female labor supply within a collective framework. The economic model incorporates the possibility of non-participation for females which represents the working situation of more than 70 percent of Egyptian married women. The originality of this paper consists on testing new distribution factors, i.e., a set of exogenous variables which influence the intrahousehold allocation of resources without affecting preferences or the budget constraint. The latter are variables related to the marriage market, gender attitudes, domestic violence, direct access to the household income and participation in household decision making. Indentification of the model relies on the assumption that only some parameters of the utility function are identical for single and married females. We find significant relations between females bargaining power and labor supply decisions. This study's results has important policy implications.
Subject(s) [SHS:ECO] Humanities and Social Sciences/Economy and finances; Collective model; labour supply; distribution factors; maximum simulated likelihood; Egypt
Language English
Type of publication other publication
Identifier hal:http://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-00482492/en/
Repository France - Hyper Article en Ligne (HAL)
Added to C-A: 2010-07-01;10:11:33