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S3 Ep20: Expanding higher education empowered women in Egypt

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The Impact of a Change in Philosophy on Education in Egypt

Women benefit a lot, actually, from this policy. And men also, right? But the impact was much more pronounced among women. So we can say with a lot of confidence that the impact doesn't stop at education, but it continues later in life when it comes to labor market participation and type of jobs they are engaging in. Even if they decided not to work, they are benefiting on other important domains like marriage and fertility. Now you attract mobility in the physical sense, but can we also say that this has had a positive outcome on social mobility for some groups in Egypt? Yeah. Unfortunately, due to lack of data on the background characteristics of individuals, such as the education of their

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