Unilateral Divorce for Women and Labor Supply in the Middle East and North Africa: The Effect of Khul Reform
研究了中东和北非18个国家1980-2008年间引入伊斯兰女性单方面离婚权（胡尔改革）对女性劳动供给的影响，发现改革使女性相对男性的劳动参与率上升，年轻女性（24-34岁）参与率提高6%，约占其同期增长的10%。
This contribution investigates whether the introduction of Khul, Islamic unilateral divorce rights for women, helps to explain recent dramatic increases in women's labor supply in Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) countries over the 1980–2008 period. It shows, using data for eighteen countries, that Khul reform increased the labor force participation of women relative to men. Furthermore, we find evidence that the effect of Khul is larger for younger women (ages 24–34) compared to older women (ages 35–55). Younger women increased their labor force participation by 6 percent, which accounts for about 10 percent of the increase in their labor force participation from 1980 to 2008.