Arbeitspapier
The Women Empowering Effect of Higher Education
We examine the effects of the large-scale construction of public universities in Egypt during the 1960s and 1970s. We found that opening a local university increased the likelihood of obtaining higher education degrees and had long-lasting positive effects on labor market and marriage outcomes, particularly for women. We give insights on internal migration as a channel and show that migration prior to university enrollment age decreased while migration after that age increased as an outcome of university construction. Local universities reduced men's migration for study and women's migration for early marriage. The paper highlights the importance of increasing access to higher education for positive social and labor outcomes, particularly for women.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 16069
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Analysis of Education
Higher Education; Research Institutions
Time Allocation and Labor Supply
Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
Economywide Country Studies: Africa
- Thema
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umpowerment of women
universities
higher education
Egypt
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (wer)
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Elsayed, Ahmed
Shirshikova, Alina
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
- (wer)
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Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
- (wo)
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Bonn
- (wann)
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2023
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Elsayed, Ahmed
- Shirshikova, Alina
- Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
Entstanden
- 2023
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