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Female Labor Force Participation in Five Selected MENA Countries : An Age-Period-Cohort Analysis (Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Palestine and Tunisia)
Lassassi, Moundir; Tansel, Aysit - 2021
namely, Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Palestine and Tunisia. Low FLFP rates in these countries, as it is in other MENA countries …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013315083
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Gender Wage Gap - a Matching Analysis for Three MENA Countries : Egypt, Jordan and Turkey
Doruk, Ömer Tuğsal; Pastore, Francesco - 2021
We investigate the gender wage gap in three neglected MENA countries: Egypt (1980-2018), Jordan (2010-2016), and Turkey …, reaching in Jordan a low of -0.18 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013314823
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The Real Exchange Rate and External Competitiveness in Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia
Brixiova, Zuzana - 2013
Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia face challenges competing on the global markets, as shown by their relatively low and … countries' real exchange rate misalignments during the past three decades. While Egypt experienced periods of substantial … misalignment, including in recent years, the exchange rates in Morocco and Tunisia have broadly reflected the underlying …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013071447
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Is There an Informal Employment Wage Penalty in Egypt?
Tansel, Aysit - 2015
This paper considers the private sector wage earners in Egypt and examine their wage distribution during 1998 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013014039
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The Impact of Arab Spring on Hiring and Separation Rates in the Tunisian Labour Market
Haouas, Ilham - 2015
This paper analyses the hiring and separation rates in Tunisia before and after the Arab Spring of 2011. Several models … presence of continued risk factors in Tunisia's labour market resulting from the global financial crisis in 2008 and the Arab … separation decisions remained present in Tunisia's labour market. In addition, the paper looks at various social issues such as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013028192
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Teacher Labor Markets in Developing Countries
Crawfurd, Lee - 2020
The types of workers recruited into teaching and their allocation across classrooms can greatly influence a country's stock of human capital. This paper considers how markets and non-market institutions determine the quantity, wages, skills, and spatial distribution of teachers in developing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012840978
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Informal Employment Relationships and the Labor Market : Is There Segmentation in Ukraine?
Lehmann, Hartmut - 2018
One of the most important factors that determine individuals' quality of life and wellbeing is their position in the labor market and the type of jobs that they hold. When workers are rationed out of the formal segment of the labor market against their will, i.e., the labor market is segmented,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012929111
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The Impact of Syrian Refugees on Natives' Labor Market Outcomes in Turkey : Evidence from a Quasi-Experimental Design
Ceritoglu, Evren - 2015
Civil war in Syria, which started in March 2011, has led to a massive wave of forced immigration from the Northern Syria to the Southeastern regions of Turkey. This paper exploits this natural experiment to estimate the impact of Syrian refugees on the labor market outcomes of natives in Turkey....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013014052
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Informal Employment in Transition Countries : Empirical Evidence and Research Challenges
Lehmann, Hartmut - 2014
Even though informal employment is wide-spread in transition economies the literature on this phenomenon in the region is rather scarce. For policy makers it is important to know the incidence and the determinants of informal employment.In the first part of the paper we demonstrate that its...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013039610
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Between Light and Shadow : Informality in the Russian Labour Market
Gimpelson, Vladimir - 2014
Economic growth in Russia in the first decade of this century almost doubled the country's GDP but was accompanied by substantial reallocation of labor to the unregulated sector while formal employment was on gradual decline. The paper overviews evolution of the Russian labour market during the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013051444