The Egyptian Labor Market in an Era of Reform

The Egyptian Labor Market in an Era of Reform
Author: Ragui Assaad
Publisher: American Univ in Cairo Press
Total Pages: 314
Release: 2002
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9789774247125

Examines the changes that occurred in the Egyptian labor market over a ten-year period

The Egyptian Labor Market in an Era of Revolution

The Egyptian Labor Market in an Era of Revolution
Author: Ragui Assaad
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2015
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0198737254

Analyses the results of the latest round of the Egypt Labor Market Panel Survey (ELMPS) from 2012. The chapters cover topics that contribute to understanding the conditions leading to the Egyptian revolution of 25 January 2011.

Reforms and Employment in the Egyptian Labor Market

Reforms and Employment in the Egyptian Labor Market
Author: Irene Selwaness
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2020
Genre:
ISBN:

This paper aims to study the evolution in the age composition of males' employment in the aftermath of the public sector downsizing in the 1990s -during the Economic Reform and Structural Adjustment Policies - and the new labor law in 2003. This answers the question of whether young (15-29) and older (50-59) male workers were the most likely to bear the brunt of the 1990s reforms and the new labor law in 2003. Employment, formality and hours-of-work are simultaneously estimated by maximum likelihood to control for the self-selection, using three repeated cross sectional samples from Egyptian Datasets conducted in 1988, 1998 and 2006. Results show that men aged (15-29) and those aged (50-59) were less likely, as compared to their peers in middle age (30-49), to be employed in 1998 than in 1988 (before the first reform). While informality has affected all age groups, the 30 to 49 years old were the category that experienced the most rapid increase in informality as compared to the other two age groups. Findings also show evidence of negative correlation between the probability of employment and the probability of having a formal job, indicating that those who have more incidence to work in formal jobs are more likely to remain unemployed or inactive.

The Egyptian Labor Market Revisited

The Egyptian Labor Market Revisited
Author: Ragui Assaad
Publisher: American Univ in Cairo Press
Total Pages: 352
Release: 2009
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9789774162480

Ground-breaking research methodology applied to an analysis of labor issues in Egypt

The Egyptian Labor Market

The Egyptian Labor Market
Author: Caroline Krafft
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 415
Release: 2022
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0192847910

The Egyptian economy has faced many challenges in the decade since the 2011 Arab Spring uprisings. Not only was job creation anaemic from 2012 to 2018, but new jobs were also of low-quality, characterized by informality and vulnerability to economic shocks. These challenges pushed many in Egypt, especially the most vulnerable, into a more precarious labor market situation. Then, in the midst of economic recovery brought on by tough reform measures adopted in 2016 and 2017, the country was hit by the widespread disruption of a global pandemic. This book examines the plight of Egypt's most vulnerable groups by focusing on the intersection of gender and economic vulnerability in the labor market. With this emphasis on vulnerability and a lens that is sensitive to gender differences and inequities, the contributors to this volume use data from the most recent wave of a unique longitudinal survey to illuminate different aspects of Egyptians' lives. The aspects they explore include labor supply behavior, the ability to access good quality and well-paying jobs, the evolution of wages and wage inequality, the school-to-work transition of youth, the decline in public sector employment, international and internal migration, the situation of rural women, access to social protection, food security, vulnerability to shocks and coping mechanisms, health status, and access to health care services. These analyses are prescient in understanding the axes of vulnerability in Egyptian society that became all too salient during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Labor Market Reforms, Growth, and Unemployment in Labor-exporting Countries in the Middle East and North Africa

Labor Market Reforms, Growth, and Unemployment in Labor-exporting Countries in the Middle East and North Africa
Author:
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Total Pages: 64
Release: 2013
Genre:
ISBN:

This paper studies the impact of labor market policies on growth and unemployment in labor-exporting countries in the Middle East and North Africa. The analysis is based on a framework that captures many of the main features of the labor market in these countries. We conduct a variety of policy experiments, including a reduction in payroll taxation, cuts in public sector wages and employment, an increase in employment subsidies, a reduction in trade unions' bargaining power, and a composite reform program. Our key message is that to foster broad-based growth and job creation in the region, labor market reforms must not be viewed in isolation but rather as a component of a comprehensive program of structural reforms.

The Egyptian Labor Market in an Era of Revolution

The Egyptian Labor Market in an Era of Revolution
Author: Ragui Assaad
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2015
Genre: Arab Spring, 2010-
ISBN: 9780191800733

Analysing the results of the Egypt Labor Market Panel Survey (ELMPS) from 2012, the chapters in this book cover topics that contribute to understanding the conditions leading to the Egyptian revolution of January 2011

The Political Economy of Reforms in Egypt

The Political Economy of Reforms in Egypt
Author: Khalid Ikram
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 449
Release: 2018
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9774167945

Drawing on Khalid Ikram's extensive knowledge of economic policymaking at the highest levels, The Political Economy of Reforms in Egypt lays out the enduring features of the Egyptian economy and its performance since 1952 before presenting an account of policy-making, growth and structural change under the country's successive presidents to the present day.

The Jordanian Labor Market

The Jordanian Labor Market
Author: Caroline Krafft
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 381
Release: 2019-10
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 019884607X

Jordan stands in the middle of a turbulent region, experiencing substantial refugee flows and economic challenges due to the conflict and insecurity of its neighbours. This book focuses on how the Jordanian economy and labour market has been impacted by social and economic instability and, in particular, the refugee crisis.