Irène Selwaness
Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University
Irene Selwaness is as an associate professor at the Faculty of Economics and Political Science at Cairo University, Egypt. She received her master’s degree in quantitative economics and her PhD in labour economics from Université Paris 1– Panthéon Sorbonne. Her research examines economic development issues with interests in social protection, social policy, labour market analysis, and gender issues. Current projects include work on social protection, expansion of social insurance coverage, social policy and employment regulations, gender and labour markets, and the future of work, with a focus on the Middle East. Selwaness is a Research Fellow of the Economic Research Forum in Cairo, Egypt. She has consulted for a number of organizations including the ILO, the World Bank, the UN ESCWA,The Population Council, GIZ, and ODI.
Areas of Interest:
- Labor Economics
- Applied Microeconometrics
- Development Studies
- Econometrics
- Impact Evaluation
Education:
- PhD, Labor Economics, University of Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne, Paris School of Economics, CNRS, France. 2007–2012
- M.A (DEA), Quantitative Economics : Labor Economics and Demographic Economics, University of Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne. 2006–2007
- Bachelor of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Economics Department, French Section, Cairo University. 2005–2006
Experience:
- Assistant Professor, Economics Department, The Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt, 2013 - Present
- Teaching Assistant: Statistics, Microeconomics, Excel and Access Programming, Université Paris 1– Panthéon Sorbonne (Fall 2008 to Spring 2010)
- Andrew Carnegie Post-doctoral Fellow, The Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota, USA. (2015-2016)
- Fred H. Bixby Post-doctoral Fellow, The Population Council, Cairo, Egypt. (2013-2014)
Latest Publications:
- Irene Selwaness and Caroline Krafft. 2020. “The Dynamics of Family Formation and Women’s Work : What Facilitates and Hinders Female Employment in the Middle East and North Africa?.” Population Research and Policy Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11113-020-09596-6
- Rania Roushdy and Irene Selwaness. 2019. “Who Is Covered and Who Underreports : An Empirical Analysis of Access to Social Insurance on the Egyptian Labor Market.” Journal of International Development, 31(8): pp.720-751, https://doi.org/10.1002/jid.3434
- Irene Selwaness and Rania Roushdy. 2019. “Young People School-to-Work Transition in the Aftermath of the Arab Spring: Early Evidence from Egypt.” International Journal of Manpower, 40(3): pp.398-432, https://doi.org/10.1108/IJM-02-2018-0041
- Irene Selwaness and Chahir Zaki. 2019. “On the Interaction between Exports and Labor Market Regulations: Evidence from the MENA Countries' Labor Markets.” The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, 73: pp.24-33, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.qref.2018.05.011
When Formality Is Costly and Informality Is Legal: Social Insurance Design Woes at A Time of Economic Crises
Areas of Interest: Labor Economics Applied Microeconometrics Development Studies Econometrics Impact Evaluation Education: PhD, Labor Economics, University of... Read More
November, 2023
Working PapersBetween Costly Formality and Legal Informality: Egypt’s Social Insurance Design Woes
Areas of Interest: Labor Economics Applied Microeconometrics Development Studies Econometrics Impact Evaluation Education: PhD, Labor Economics, University of... Read More
November, 2023
Policy BriefsThe Promise of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Jobs in Egypt
Areas of Interest: Labor Economics Applied Microeconometrics Development Studies Econometrics Impact Evaluation Education: PhD, Labor Economics, University of... Read More
June, 2023
Policy Research ReportsThe Jordanian Social Contract: Shifting from Public Employment As A Source of Social Insurance to Government-Regulated Social Insurance
Areas of Interest: Labor Economics Applied Microeconometrics Development Studies Econometrics Impact Evaluation Education: PhD, Labor Economics, University of... Read More
September, 2022
Working PapersIs Jordan Achieving the Social Insurance Goals of its New Social Contract?
Areas of Interest: Labor Economics Applied Microeconometrics Development Studies Econometrics Impact Evaluation Education: PhD, Labor Economics, University of... Read More
September, 2022
Policy BriefsReimagining Social Protection in Jordan, Tunisia and Egypt
Areas of Interest: Labor Economics Applied Microeconometrics Development Studies Econometrics Impact Evaluation Education: PhD, Labor Economics, University of... Read More
2020-11-17
Improving Rigorous Evidence for Better Civic Engagement on Social Protection and Supporting the Network’s Institutional Strengthening
Areas of Interest: Labor Economics Applied Microeconometrics Development Studies Econometrics Impact Evaluation Education: PhD, Labor Economics, University of... Read More
2020-06-15
How long does it take To Get Social Insurance? Informality Dynamics in the Egyptian Labor Market during the Period of 1998-2012
Areas of Interest: Labor Economics Applied Microeconometrics Development Studies Econometrics Impact Evaluation Education: PhD, Labor Economics, University of... Read More
2014-01-01
Balancing Act: Jobs and Wages in the Middle East and North Africa When Crises Hit – Seminar on the World Bank’s MENA Economic Update
Areas of Interest: Labor Economics Applied Microeconometrics Development Studies Econometrics Impact Evaluation Education: PhD, Labor Economics, University of... Read More
Nov 29, 2023
Reimagining Social Protection in MENA
Areas of Interest: Labor Economics Applied Microeconometrics Development Studies Econometrics Impact Evaluation Education: PhD, Labor Economics, University of... Read More
Nov 19, 2023
Policy Conference on Social Protection in Jordan
Areas of Interest: Labor Economics Applied Microeconometrics Development Studies Econometrics Impact Evaluation Education: PhD, Labor Economics, University of... Read More
Oct 02, 2022
Social Protection in Jordan
Areas of Interest: Labor Economics Applied Microeconometrics Development Studies Econometrics Impact Evaluation Education: PhD, Labor Economics, University of... Read More
Jan 12, 2022
Jobs and Growth in North Africa: Webinar Series organized by ERF and ILO
Areas of Interest: Labor Economics Applied Microeconometrics Development Studies Econometrics Impact Evaluation Education: PhD, Labor Economics, University of... Read More
Jul 05, 2021