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Returns to Education in the Marriage Market: Bride Price and School Reform in Egypt

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dc.contributor.authorDeng, Jingyuan
dc.contributor.authorElmallakh, Nelly
dc.contributor.authorFlabbi, Luca
dc.contributor.authorGatti, Roberta
dc.date.accessioned2023-05-17T18:19:38Z
dc.date.available2023-05-17T18:19:38Z
dc.date.issued2023-05-17
dc.description.abstractThis paper investigates the marriage market returns to female education by examining the resources transferred from the groom to the bride and her family at the time of marriage, known as the bride price, as well as the husband’s imputed permanent income as an additional source of returns. The study exploits a school reform in Egypt that reduced the number of years required to complete primary education from six to five, creating exogenous variations in the timing of treatment across schools due to its staggered roll-out. To address identification issues, an instrumental variable estimator combined with a Two-Way Fixed Effects (TWFE) model at the birth year and primary school levels is employed. The findings reveal that the estimated return on a bride’s compulsory education is over three times higher in bride price and 20% higher in the husband’s imputed permanent income compared to those without compulsory education. These substantial marriage market returns outweigh labor market returns at the extensive margin of employment. Further empirical evidence suggests that higher female education potentially signals positive outcomes in terms of home production and child-rearing in Egypt, while educational assortative mating also appears to be an important mechanism.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099356001262310975/IDU0c0a45c110089f046620a2940336f8eeec9bc
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-10288
dc.identifier.urihttps://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/39822
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherWorld Bank
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Papers; 10288
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectFEMALE LABOR MARKET PARTICIPATION
dc.subjectRETURNS ON EDUCATION
dc.subjectMARRIAGE TRADITION
dc.subjectBRIDE PRICE AND EDUCATIONAL RETURNS
dc.subjectMARRIAGE MARKET
dc.subjectVALUE OF EDUCATION
dc.subjectGENDER NORMS
dc.subjectCOMPULSORY EDUCATION
dc.titleReturns to Education in the Marriage Marketen
dc.title.subtitleBride Price and School Reform in Egypten
dc.typeWorking Paper
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okr.crossref.titleReturns to Education in the Marriage Market: Bride Price and School Reform in Egypt
okr.date.disclosure2023-01-26
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-07T08:28:37.194026Z
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okr.date.lastmodified2023-01-26T00:00:00Zen
okr.doctypePolicy Research Working Paper
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099356001262310975/IDU0c0a45c110089f046620a2940336f8eeec9bc
okr.guid099356001262310975
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okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-10288
okr.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-10288
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okr.region.administrativeMiddle East and North Africa
okr.region.countryEgypt, Arab Republic of
okr.topicEducation::Education Reform and Management
okr.topicGender::Gender and Education
okr.topicRural Development::Rural Labor Markets
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Labor Markets
okr.unitOffice of the Chief Economist (MNACE)
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