The determinants of employment status in Egypt
Egyptian labor market is moving from a period of high overall unemployment to one where unemployment is increasingly concentrated among specific groups whose access to the private-sector labor market is limited. Educated young women are more adversely affected than their male counterparts by the tra...
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2000
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| author | Assaad, Ragui El-Hamidi, Fatma Ahmed, Akhter |
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| description | Egyptian labor market is moving from a period of high overall unemployment to one where unemployment is increasingly concentrated among specific groups whose access to the private-sector labor market is limited. Educated young women are more adversely affected than their male counterparts by the transition to a private-sector-led economy. There is no systematic link between youth unemployment among new entrants and poverty unless it is the head of the household who is unemployed. An economic policy environment that is favorable for labor-intensive, export-oriented industries would help absorb the new entrants into the labor market, and the prospect is particularly good for young female workers. Policymakers should consider a reduction in the female-specific employer mandates (such as the existing provision for a generous maternity leave) that raise the cost of hiring women. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1565712025-11-06T07:25:31Z The determinants of employment status in Egypt Assaad, Ragui El-Hamidi, Fatma Ahmed, Akhter labour market unemployment female labour gender child care Egyptian labor market is moving from a period of high overall unemployment to one where unemployment is increasingly concentrated among specific groups whose access to the private-sector labor market is limited. Educated young women are more adversely affected than their male counterparts by the transition to a private-sector-led economy. There is no systematic link between youth unemployment among new entrants and poverty unless it is the head of the household who is unemployed. An economic policy environment that is favorable for labor-intensive, export-oriented industries would help absorb the new entrants into the labor market, and the prospect is particularly good for young female workers. Policymakers should consider a reduction in the female-specific employer mandates (such as the existing provision for a generous maternity leave) that raise the cost of hiring women. 2000 2024-10-24T12:44:39Z 2024-10-24T12:44:39Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/156571 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Assaad, Ragui; El-Hamidi, Fatma; Ahmed, Akhter U. 2000. The determinants of employment status in Egypt. FCND Discussion Paper 88. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/156571 |
| spellingShingle | labour market unemployment female labour gender child care Assaad, Ragui El-Hamidi, Fatma Ahmed, Akhter The determinants of employment status in Egypt |
| title | The determinants of employment status in Egypt |
| title_full | The determinants of employment status in Egypt |
| title_fullStr | The determinants of employment status in Egypt |
| title_full_unstemmed | The determinants of employment status in Egypt |
| title_short | The determinants of employment status in Egypt |
| title_sort | determinants of employment status in egypt |
| topic | labour market unemployment female labour gender child care |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/156571 |
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