Overview

Full Product Details

Author:   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)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.30cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 23.60cm
Weight:   0.604kg
ISBN:  

9780198737254

ISBN 10:   0198737254
Pages:   294
Publication Date:   28 May 2015
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order  
Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us.

Table of Contents

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

Reviews

Author Information

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.

Tab Content 6

Author Website:  

Countries Available

All regions