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      The evolution of vulnerable employment in Egypt, Jordan, and Tunisia
      Shireen Al Azzawi, Vladimir Hlasny - Oxford University Press , 2023
      From the book: The Job Ladder
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      Vulnerable employment of Egyptian, Jordanian, and Tunisian youth
      – Trends and determinants
      Shireen AlAzzawi, Vladimir Hlasny - UNU-WIDER , 2020 - Helsinki, Finland
      Youths in the Middle East and North Africa face the highest unemployment rates in the world. Those who are employed are pushed to accept informal sector jobs that are insecure, unsafe, and lack non-wage benefits. Precarious employment is pervasive among lower socio-economic groups, leading to the...
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      Return migration and socioeconomic mobility in MENA
      – Evidence from labour market panel surveys
      Vladimir Hlasny, Shireen AlAzzawi - UNU-WIDER , 2018 - Helsinki, Finland
      This study examines the effects of cross-border return migration on intertemporal and intergenerational transmission of socio-economic status across six new harmonized surveys from three Arab countries: Egypt (1998, 2006, 2012), Jordan (2010, 2016) and Tunisia (2014). We link individuals’ current...
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      Optimal transfers with distribution regressions
      – An application to Egypt at the dawn of the XXIst century
      Christophe Muller - UNU-WIDER , 2016 - Helsinki, Finland
      Social programmes for poverty alleviation involve eligibility rules and transfer rules that often proxy-means tests. We propose to specify the estimator in connection with the poverty alleviation problem. Three distinct stages emerge from the optimization analysis: the identification of the poor...
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      An Empirical Analysis of the Economics of Marriage in Egypt, Morocco, and Tunisia
      Ragui Assaad, Caroline Krafft - Oxford University Press , 2015 - Oxford, United Kingdom
      From the book: Oxford Handbook of Africa and Economics, Vol. 2. Marriage is the single most important contractual arrangement youth in North Africa undertake as they navigate their transition to adulthood. Despite its importance in shaping subsequent socioeconomic trajectories, there has been...
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      The political economy of food price policy in Egypt
      UNU-WIDER - UNU-WIDER , 2015 - Helsinki, Finland
      The Egyptian food system has been affected by both global food markets and domestic factors. During the recent global food price crisis, an estimated 30–40 percent of the price fluctuations in the global food market were transmitted to Egypt’s food market. Domestically, government subsidies for...
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      Rethinking the Measurement of the Middle Class
      – Evidence from Egypt
      Khalid Abu-Ismail, Niranjan Sarang - UNU-WIDER , 2015 - Helsinki, Finland
      The degree of choice households have over their consumption expenditure is critical in deciding their economic class. Applying our measure to Egyptian household budget surveys, we estimate the population size of the middle class in Egypt and assess their well-being in the period 1995-2011. Our...
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      The Political Economy of Food Price Policy in Egypt
      Ahmed Farouk Ghoneim - Oxford University Press , 2014 - Oxford, United Kingdom
      From the book: Food Price Policy in an Era of Market Instability
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      From the Editor’s Desk (November 2012)
      Tony Addison - UNU-WIDER , 2012 - Helsinki, Finland
      Tony Addison This month saw the visit of Kaushik Basu, the World Bank’s new Chief Economist and Senior Vice President for Development Economics, to talk about the global crisis and the impact on emerging economies at a UNU-WIDER seminar. You can see a video interview with Kaushik here . Kaushik is...
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      The Political Economy of Food Price Policy in Egypt
      Ahmed Farouk Ghoneim - UNU-WIDER , 2012 - Helsinki, Finland
      The study focuses on the period 2004–09 during which Egypt experienced food crisis. The political economy context on how the government responded to the crisis is analysed while pinpointing to what extent there was a pass-through effect from international to domestic prices. The complexity of food...
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      Return International Migration and Geographical Inequality
      – The Case of Egypt
      Barry McCormick, Jackline Wahba - UNU-WIDER , 2004 - Helsinki, Finland
      This paper explores entrepreneurship amongst return migrants, how their business locations and characteristics differ from other businesses, and the implications for rural-urban inequality. First, we examine, amongst returnees, the determinants of investment in a project/enterprise. Second, we study...
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      Return International Migration and Geographical Inequality
      – The Case of Egypt
      Barry McCormick, Jackline Wahba - Journal of African Economies , 2003
      Part of Journal Special Issue Spatial Issues in Africa
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      Spatial Issues in Africa
      Ravi Kanbur, Anthony J. Venables - Journal of African Economies , 2003 - Oxford, UK
      Many developing and transition countries have considerable regional variation in average household income, poverty, and in health and educational status. National human development indicators can therefore mislead policy-makers when large regional disparities exist. This project will investigate the...
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      Testing for a Significant Change in the Egyptian Economy Under the Economic Reform Programme Era
      Mohammed Omran - UNU-WIDER , 2002 - Helsinki, Finland
      Late 1990, Egypt witnessed major and radical changes in all areas of its national life—political, legal, economic and social—as a reflection of implementing an economic reform programme in order to achieve progress in its economic indicators. This paper aims to examine the extent to which Egypt has...
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      Economic Reforms, Women's Employment, and Social Policies
      – Case Studies of China, Viet Nam, Egypt, and Cuba
      Valentine M. Moghadam - UNU-WIDER , 1995 - Helsinki, Finland
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      Measuring Female Labour Force with Emphasis on Egypt
      Richard Anker, Martha Anker - , 1995
      From the book: Gender and Development in the Arab World - Women's Economic Participation
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