Female labor force participation has remained low in Egypt. This paper examines whether male international migration provides a leeway for women to enter the labor market and/or to increase their labor supply. In line with previous studies, we find a decrease in wage work in both rural and urban...

1. The Structure and Evolution of Employment in Jordan 1. - Ragui Assaad. - 2. Demographics, Labor Force Participation, and Unemployment. - in Jordan 39. - Nader Mtyyan. - 3. The School-to-Work Transition of Jordanian Youth 64. - Mona Amer. - 4. Gender and the Jordanian Labor Market 105. - Ragui...

It is well-established that Arab labor markets share certain common characteristics, including an oversized public sector, high unemployment for educated youth, weak private sector dependent on government welfare for their survival, rapid growth in educational attainment, but much of it focused...