This project aims to
analyse the main trends and determinants of school enrolment and
educational levels of Moroccan, Tunisian, Egyptian and Turkish
women over the period 1987-2003. Using DHS data and employing
multilevel logistic regression techniques we aim to estimate how
(1) individual level variables such age, language and marital
status; (2) household level variables such as income (wealth
index); educational levels of parents and siblings, mobility and
migration and economic activities of other household members; and
(3) community/regional level variables such as urban/rural status
and proximity to urban centres affect the inequality in access of
women and men to education. Country-level and pooled regression
models will be run to distinguish country country-level
determinants. The results of this analysis are policy relevant
since they will increase insights in the underlying causes of low
educational levels among women and the large gender gap in access
in education in Egypt and Morocco as opposed to Turkey and Tunisia.
Researcher: Hein de Haas
