Despite increasingly egalitarian attitudes toward women in the Middle East and North Africa, nations in this region continue to rank among the lowest in measures of gender equality. Using survey data, we examine the relationship between educational attainment and support for women. We find that increased educational attainment is predictive of…

Analysis of data from Egypt and Bangladesh indicates increased educational and labor force participation by women but only in certain sectors of the population. Family strategies related to the use of female labor and female's chances for marriage interact with labor market circumstances, but this interplay is influenced by social class and…