TY - CHAP
T1 - Is all work the same? A comparison of the determinants of female participation and hours of work in various employment states in Egypt
AU - Assaad, Ragui
AU - El-Hamidi, Fatma
PY - 2001
Y1 - 2001
N2 - We provide evidence that pooling different forms of employment into a single category is not warranted in the case of female workers in Egypt. We show that the determinants of participation and hours of work in regular versus, casual paid work, agricultural versus, non-agricultural self-employment are markedly different. Our results show that the type and hours of work are largely determined by the point of a woman's life-cycle, level of education, role in the household, and the employment status of male members of her household. We find different determinants of regular wage work and self-employment and unpaid family labor.
AB - We provide evidence that pooling different forms of employment into a single category is not warranted in the case of female workers in Egypt. We show that the determinants of participation and hours of work in regular versus, casual paid work, agricultural versus, non-agricultural self-employment are markedly different. Our results show that the type and hours of work are largely determined by the point of a woman's life-cycle, level of education, role in the household, and the employment status of male members of her household. We find different determinants of regular wage work and self-employment and unpaid family labor.
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U2 - 10.1016/s1094-5334(01)04009-2
DO - 10.1016/s1094-5334(01)04009-2
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:35448997804
SN - 0762307145
SN - 9780762307142
T3 - Research in Middle East Economics
SP - 117
EP - 150
BT - The Economics of Woman and Work in the Middle East and North Africa
PB - Elsevier
ER -