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14. Januar 2015

SOEP Brown Bag Seminar

Factors Influencing Female Labor Force Participation in Germany and Egypt – A Comparative Study

Termin

14. Januar 2015
12:30 - 13:30

Ort

Eleanor-Dulles-Raum
DIW Berlin im Quartier 110
Room 5.2.010
Mohrenstraße 58
10117 Berlin

Sprecher*innen

Sara Hassan Hosney, German University in Cairo

The literature on female labor force participation (FLFP) shows which personal and household characteristics determine FLFP in Egypt and in the Global North. The question remains, however to what extent these determinants differ between the Northern hemisphere and Egypt. This paper attempts to shed light on understanding if and how specific demographic factors affect the Egyptian FLFP in comparison with the German FLFP. Limited dependent variable technique; Probit model is utilized to determine which factors influence FLFP in both countries. The cross sectional analysis is conducted through the use of the 2012 Egyptian Labor Market Panel Survey (ELMPS) and the 2012 German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP). Findings indicate that number of factors affect FLFP in both countries, some of which has a positive influence as years of schooling and age while others with a negative impact as being a married women, living in urban areas and number of children. On the other hand some other variables impact each country differently as wealth. Additionally, it was evident that years of schooling has a higher marginal impact on Egyptian FLFP yet, age, being married and number of children have a higher marginal effect on German FLFP.

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