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Revisiting the impact of trade openness on informal and irregular employment in Egypt
Joint Authors
Bin Salim, Malikah
Zaki, Shahir
Source
Economic Research Forum : Working Paper Series
Issue
Vol. 2017, Issue 1075-1171 (31 Dec. 2017), pp.1-29, 29 p.
Publisher
Economic Research Forum for the Arab Countries Iran and Turkey
Publication Date
2017-12-31
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
29
Main Subjects
Topics
- Informal sector
- International economic integration
- Free trade
- Employment
- Egypt
- Twenty-first century
- Twentieth century
Abstract EN
This paper examines the impact of trade openness on job quality through the evolution of the shares of informal and irregular employment in total employment.
In fact, Egypt has undertaken several liberalization waves and reforms of the labor market (1998-2012).
Moreover, the economy has been subject to several events leading to a severe political instability which in turn affected production, exports, employment and employment conditions.
Indeed, informal and irregular employments have exacerbated in the wake of the political turmoil of 2011.
Thus, combining a microeconomic dataset (the Egyptian Labor Market Panel Survey) with macroeconomic variables (tariffs), we try to assess to what extent trade reforms affected informal/irregular workers in Egypt.
Our main findings show that there is a positive association between tariffs and both informal and irregular employments in Egypt.
While the effect on informality is robust, the one on irregularity is not.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Bin Salim, Malikah& Zaki, Shahir. 2017. Revisiting the impact of trade openness on informal and irregular employment in Egypt. Economic Research Forum : Working Paper Series،Vol. 2017, no. 1075-1171, pp.1-29.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-784491
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Bin Salim, Malikah& Zaki, Shahir. Revisiting the impact of trade openness on informal and irregular employment in Egypt. Economic Research Forum : Working Paper Series No. 1075-1171 (Dec. 2017), pp.1-29.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-784491
American Medical Association (AMA)
Bin Salim, Malikah& Zaki, Shahir. Revisiting the impact of trade openness on informal and irregular employment in Egypt. Economic Research Forum : Working Paper Series. 2017. Vol. 2017, no. 1075-1171, pp.1-29.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-784491
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes appendices : p. 12-29
Record ID
BIM-784491