This paper posits marriage market
returns as a contributing factor to stagnant female labor
force participation despite increasing female education. The
paper examines the marriage market returns of female
education by exploiting a very direct measure of returns:
bride price, a significant amount of resources transferred
by the groom at the time of marriage. The paper also looks
at current and future husband's wages as additional
sources of...
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2023/1/26
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ورقة عمل خاصة ببحوث السياسات
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WPS10288
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2023/1/26
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Returns to Education in the Marriage Market : Bride Price and School Reform in Egypt