For Labor or for Divorce ? Unilateral Divorce Laws and Women’s Labor Outcomes (English)

Despite substantial progress in closing the gender gap, women’s labor force participation in the Middle East and North Africa remains one of the lowest globally, at a mere 18 percent. This paper investigates the effect of the introduction of unilateral divorce laws on women’s labor outcomes, using data from the Demographic and Health Survey program that spans decades and a quasi-experimental difference-in-differences design in three countries: Morocco...

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El Mekkaoui,Najat;

Loukili,Sara;

Fourouheshfar,Yeganeh;

Eissa,Nada Omer;
Document Date
2024/01/09
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS10661
Volume No
1
Country
Jordan, Morocco, Egypt, Arab Republic of,
Region
Middle East and North Africa,
Disclosure Date
2024/01/09
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Disclosed
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For Labor or for Divorce ? Unilateral Divorce Laws and Women’s Labor Outcomes

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El Mekkaoui,Najat; Loukili,Sara; Fourouheshfar,Yeganeh; Eissa,Nada Omer.

For Labor or for Divorce ? Unilateral Divorce Laws and Women’s Labor Outcomes (English). Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 10661; MNACE labor and gender research programs; PEOPLE Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099652201092435820

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