ABSTRACT This research studies the individual, households and community determinants affecting Egyptian woman’s decision to enter the labor force and affecting her employment status. Using the Egypt Labor Market Panel Survey ELMPS, 2012, five probit models were estimated for ever-married women. The first model is about Egyptian women’s decision to participate in the labor force. Once she is in the labor force, the second model studies the determinants of being employed. Among employed women, three employment types are tackled in the remaining three models; being employed in the public sector (model 3), being a private wage worker (model 4) and being self-employed (model 5). As found in the literature, the results show that there is a strong dependence between woman’s education and employment type. Moreover, the results confirm the role played by the mother’s employment status in her daughter’s labor force participation. Finally, the community characteristics play a significant role in affecting women’s decision in entering the labor force. Once society accepts the integration of women in the labor market and not only being responsible for care and house work, individual characteristics and households characteristics influenced her decision of which employment type to choose.

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埃及已婚妇女参与劳动力市场：制约因素和机遇

摘要这项研究研究了影响埃及妇女决定加入劳动力市场并影响其就业状况的个人，家庭和社区决定因素。根据2012年埃及劳动力市场小组调查ELMPS，为已婚妇女估计了五种概率模型。第一个模型是关于埃及妇女决定参加劳动力大军的。一旦进入劳动大军，第二个模型就会研究受雇的决定因素。在就业妇女中，其余三种模式处理三种就业类型；受雇于公共部门（模式3），担任私人工资工人（模式4）并自营职业（模式5）。从文献中可以发现，结果表明，妇女的教育程度和就业类型之间存在强烈的依存关系。此外，结果证实了母亲的就业状况在女儿的劳动力参与中所起的作用。最后，社区特征在影响妇女加入劳动力的决定中起着重要作用。一旦社会接受了妇女在劳动力市场中的融合，并且不仅负责照料和家务劳动，个人特征和家庭特征就影响了她选择哪种就业类型的决定。