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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2024/01/09
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Documento de trabajo sobre investigaciones relativas a políticas
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WPS10661
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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