The transition to adulthood around the world is increasingly characterized by young people’s desire to form independent households. Forming such households in Egypt requires buying or building a dwelling or obtaining a rental unit. Policies governing housing markets, such as rent control, and limited financing options have historically made access to housing for young couples challenging. In this paper, we use a difference-in-difference approach to evaluate how the liberalization of rental markets in Egypt affected the timing of marriage. We find that Egypt’s 1996 rental reforms accelerated marriages and led to a reversal in the trend of rising age at marriage.

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评估住房市场自由化对结婚时机的影响：来自埃及的证据

世界各地向成年过渡的特征越来越多地表现为年轻人渴望组建独立家庭。在埃及组建这样的家庭需要购买或建造住宅或获得出租单元。管理住房市场的政策，如租金控制和有限的融资选择，历来使年轻夫妇难以获得住房。在本文中，我们使用差异中的差异方法来评估埃及租赁市场的自由化如何影响结婚时间。我们发现埃及 1996 年的租房改革加速了婚姻，并导致结婚年龄上升的趋势发生逆转。