Female Labour Force Participation in Arab Countries: The Role of Identity

Female Labour Force Participation in Arab Countries: The Role of Identity

We investigate why female labour market participation is low in the Arab region. Utilising Akerlof and Kranton’s (2000) ‘identity economics’ approach, we show in a simple gametheoretic framework that women socialised in a traditional family environment violate their identities by taking a job. In th...

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Published in:MAGKS - Joint Discussion Paper Series in Economics (Band 41-2012)
Main Authors: Caris, Tobias, Hayo, Bernd
Format: Work
Language:English
Published: Philipps-Universität Marburg 2012
Subjects:
Identity
Female labour market participation
Islam
Arab region
Wirtschaft
Religion
Economics
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Call Number: urn:nbn:de:hebis:04-es2024-01545
Publication Date: 2024-01-03
Downloads: 37 (2024)
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0
Access URL: https://archiv.ub.uni-marburg.de/es/2024/0154
https://doi.org/10.17192/es2024.0154

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