Egypt

Egypt’s persistently low female labour force participation reflects not a lack of education, but structural barriers – segmented labour demand, heavy unpaid care burdens, restrictive social norms, and weak policy enforcement – that prevent women’s ed...

An experiment in Egypt tested for employment discrimination by sex and marital status, and found no sizeable discrimination against married women.

The large-scale construction of public universities in Egypt improved education, labour and marriage outcomes, particularly for women

For microenterprises in Egypt, loans and grants increase incomes similarly, but only among certain recipients

The relationship between intensity of reporting on violence and tourist spending suggests that a bad news bias can have serious economic consequences

Women’s exposure and participation in the Arab Spring improved their say in household decisions and reduced tolerance of domestic violence and FGM

Evidence from the housing market suggests inequality is being substantially underestimated in Egypt, by about 33%