TY - JOUR
T1 - Job creation or labor absorption? An analysis of private sector job growth in Egypt
AU - Assaad, Ragui
AU - Krafft, Caroline
AU - Yassin, Shaimaa
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Economic Research Forum.
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - Creating jobs, especially good jobs, is one of the greatest challenges facing Egypt. This paper investigates the nature of job growth in Egypt, including the firm, industry, and worker characteristics that are related to job growth. Using data from Egypt’s establishment censuses linked to various firm and labor surveys, we examine job growth in private sector establishments over 1996–2017. We find that job growth has primarily followed a labor absorption paradigm, with job growth unrelated to productivity and highest for firms with more informal employment.
AB - Creating jobs, especially good jobs, is one of the greatest challenges facing Egypt. This paper investigates the nature of job growth in Egypt, including the firm, industry, and worker characteristics that are related to job growth. Using data from Egypt’s establishment censuses linked to various firm and labor surveys, we examine job growth in private sector establishments over 1996–2017. We find that job growth has primarily followed a labor absorption paradigm, with job growth unrelated to productivity and highest for firms with more informal employment.
KW - Egypt
KW - Employment
KW - job creation
KW - job growth
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U2 - 10.1080/17938120.2020.1753978
DO - 10.1080/17938120.2020.1753978
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85083829447
SN - 1793-8120
VL - 12
SP - 177
EP - 207
JO - Middle East Development Journal
JF - Middle East Development Journal
IS - 2
ER -
