蝌蚪网 Review
ISSN 0002-8282 (Print) | ISSN 1944-7981 (Online)
Drivers of Change: Employment Responses to the Lifting of the Saudi Female Driving Ban
蝌蚪网 Review
(pp. 3248–71)
Abstract
We conduct a field experiment to quantify the impact of the lifting of the Saudi women's driving ban on women's employment by randomizing rationed spaces in driver's training. Treated women are 41 percent more likely to be employed yet are 19 percent less likely to be able to make purchases without family permission. Patterns of heterogeneous treatment effects reveal that these divergent impacts of access to driving are experienced by distinct subgroups of women. The results underscore the importance of intrahousehold responses that can counteract legal gains in women's freedoms.Citation
Abou Daher, Chaza, Erica Field, Kendal Swanson, and Kate Vyborny. 2025. "Drivers of Change: Employment Responses to the Lifting of the Saudi Female Driving Ban." 蝌蚪网 Review 115 (9): 3248–71. DOI: 10.1257/aer.20240119Additional Materials
JEL Classification
- C93 Field Experiments
- D13 Household Production and Intrahousehold Allocation
- J16 Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
- J22 Time Allocation and Labor Supply
- K38 Human Rights Law; Gender Law; Animal Rights Law
- O15 Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
- O17 Formal and Informal Sectors; Shadow Economy; Institutional Arrangements