The Egyptian Labor Market in a Era of Revolution

by Assaad, Ragui; Krafft, Caroline

• ISBN13: 9780198737254
• ISBN10: 0198737254
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2015-07-21
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Author Biography

Ragui Assaad, Professor of Planning and Public Affairs, Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota,Caroline Krafft, PhD Candidate, Department of Applied Economics, University of Minnesota

Ragui Assaad is Professor of Planning and Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota's Humphrey School of Public Affairs. He has been a Research Fellow of the Economic Research Forum since 1994 and thematic leader of its Labour and Human Resource Development thematic area since 2011. He holds a PhD degree in City and Regional Planning from Cornell University and a Master degree in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University. He served as Regional Director for West Asia and North Africa for the Population Council, based in Cairo, Egypt, from 2005 to 2008.

Caroline Krafft received her Master's of Public Policy from the Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota and is now pursuing her PhD in Applied Economics at the University of Minnesota. Her research examines issues in development economics, primarily labor, education, health, and inequality in the Middle East and North Africa. She is currently engaging in research on the Egyptian labor market, the economics of marriage in North Africa, education in Egypt and Jordan, and early childhood development throughout the Middle East and North Africa.

Table of Contents

1. The Evolution of Labor Supply and Unemployment in the Egyptian Economy: 1988-2012, Ragui Assaad and Caroline Krafft
2. The Structure and Evolution of Employment in Egypt: 1998-2012, Ragui Assaad and Caroline Krafft
3. Wages and Inequality in the Egyptian Labor Market in an Era of Financial Crisis and Revolution, Mona Said
4. Patterns of Labor Market Insertion in Egypt, 1998-2012, Mona Amer
5. Determinants of Unemployment Duration, Samer Kherfi
6. Young People's Job Aspirations in Egypt and the Continued Preference for a Government Job, Ghada Barsoum
7. Education in Egypt: Improvements in Attainment, Problems with Quality and Inequality, Asmaa Elbadawy
8. Women's Participation in the Egyptian Labor Market: 1998-2012, Rana Hendy
9. Changes in the Institution of Marriage in Egypt: 1998-2012, Rania Salem
10. Micro and Small Household Enterprises in Egypt: Potential for Growth and Employment Generation, Ali Rashed and Maia Sieverding
11. Through the Keyhole: International Migration in Egypt, Jackline Wahba
12. Job Accession, Separation and Mobility in the Egyptian Labor Market over the Past Decade, Chaimaa Yassine
13. Duration to Coverage: Dynamics of Access to Social Security on the Egyptian Labor Market during the 1998-2012 Period, Rania Roushdy and Irene Selwaness