The Egyptian Labor Market in an Era of Revolution

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Synopsis

This book fills an important gap in the knowledge about labor market conditions in Egypt in the aftermath of the Arab Spring uprisings, and it analyzes the results of the latest round of the Egypt Labor Market Panel Survey carried out in early 2012. The chapters cover topics that are essential to understanding the conditions leading to the Egyptian revolution of 25 January 2011, including the persistence of high youth unemployment, labor market segmentation and
rigidity, growing informality, and the declining role of the state as an employer. It includes the first research on the impact of the revolution and the ensuing economic crisis on the labor market, including issues such as changes in earnings, increased insecurity of employment, declining female labor
force participation, and the stagnation of micro and small enterprise growth. Comparisons are made to labor market conditions prior to the revolution using previous rounds of the survey fielded in 1988, 1998, and 2006. The chapters make use of this unique longitudinal data to provide a fresh analysis of the Egyptian labor market after the Arab Spring, an analysis that was simply not feasible with previously existing data. This book is essential reading for anyone interested in the economics of
the Middle East and the political economy of the Arab Spring.

Book details

Author:
Ragui Assaad and Caroline Krafft
ISBN:
9780191057083
Related ISBNs:
9780191057076, 9780198737254
Publisher:
OUP Oxford
Pages:
N/A
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
Yes
Date of addition:
2023-06-21
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
2015
Copyright by:
The Economic Research Forum 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
Business and Finance, Nonfiction