Areas of Interest:

• Applied micro-econometrics on Gender issues
• Labor economics
• International economics in Egypt and MENA region

Education:

• Ph.D., Economics, Faculty of Economics and Political Sciences, Cairo University, Egypt, 2009
• M.S., Economics, Faculty of Economics and Political Sciences, Cairo University, Egypt, 2005
• B.Sc., Economics, Faculty of Economics and Political Sciences, Cairo University, Egypt, 1997

Experience:

• Professor, Faculty of Economics and Political Sciences, Cairo University, Economics Department. Mar. 2020-Present
• Coordinator of The Master in Law and Economics for the Arab Region (MLEA) a joint program between Faculty of Economics and Political Science (FEPS), Cairo University and Institute of Law and Economics (ILE), Hamburg University.  Nov. 2019-Present
• Advisor to the National Wage Council, Ministry of Planning and Economic development. Sep. 2020-Present
• Head of labor Market Policies Unit, Ministry of Planning and Economic development. Nov. 2020-Present
• Associate Professor in the Economics Department, Faculty of Economics and Political Sciences, Cairo University (Full time),2015-2019
• Adjunct Economics Professor, Faculty of Commerce- English Section, Cairo University, 2012-present
• Assistant Professor in the Economics Department, Faculty of Economics and Political Sciences, Cairo University (Full time),2009-2015
• Teaching Associate/Assistant in the Economics Department, Faculty of Economics and Political Sciences, Cairo University (Full time), 1997-2009

Latest Publications:

• “Gender Differences and Time Allocation: A Comparative Analysis of Egypt And Tunisia.” Coauthored with Asmaa Ezzat. The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance. (2021), forthcoming, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.qref.2021.01.001. 
• “Is Women’s Empowerment A Community Affair? Application on Egyptian Married Women.” Coauthored with Racha Ramadan, International Journal of Euro-Mediterranean Studies (2020), 13(1), 19-52. 
• “Female labor in Egyptian Manufacturing Sector: The Demand Side Story.” The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance. (2020), 78, pp.1-11 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.qref.2020.01.012.