Areas of Interest:

• Economic Development
• Labor Economics and Gender Issues
• International Economics
• Applied Microeconomics
• Econometrics

Education:

• Ph.D., Economics, University of California, Davis, USA, 2005
• M.A., Economics, Stanford University, Stanford, USA, 2000
• M.A., Economics, The American University in Cairo, Egypt, 1998
• B.A., Economics (Summa cum Laude), The American University in Cairo, Egypt, 1995

Experience:

• Lecturer, Department of Economics, Santa Clara University, CA, USA, 2010-Present
• Faculty Research Mentor, Global Social Benefit Fellowship, Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship, Santa Clara University, CA, 2016 –2019
• Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, San Jose State University, CA, USA, Spring 2009
• Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, American University in Cairo, Egypt, 2005 – 2008

Latest Publications:

• Regional and Income Disparities in Cost of Living Changes: Evidence from Egypt” forthcoming, Middle East Development Journal.
• “Household asset wealth and female labor supply in MENA” (with Vladimir Hlasny),Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance. Vol. 73, August 2019, Pages 3-13.
• “Household Asset Inequality in MENA: the missing dimension?” (with Vladimir Hlasny),Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance. Vol. 73, August 2019, Pages 44-55
• “Disparities in the Cost of Living Changes After a Large-Scale Devaluation: The Case of Egypt 2016” (with Vladimir Hlasny), Topics in Middle Eastern and North African Economies, Vol. 21, Issue 2, September 2019.
• “DoEndowments Matter?  Exploring the GenderDimensions of Poverty in Egypt”, Review of Income and Wealth. 64, pp. S189-S224, 2018.
• “Return Migration and Social Mobility in MENA: Evidence from Labor Market Panel Surveys” (with Vladimir Hlasny), Topics in Middle Eastern and African Economies,  20, Issue No.2, September 2018. 
• “How Muslims Understand Democracy: An Empirical Investigation.” (with Mo’amen Gouda), Topics in Middle Eastern and African Economies,  19, Issue No. 2, September 2017.
• “Did Trade Liberalization Benefit Female Workers? Evidence from Egypt on Wage and Employment Effects" in Karshenas, M. & Chamlou, N. (Eds.) Women, Work and Welfare in the Middle East and North Africa: The Role of Socio-demographics, Entrepreneurship and Public Policies. Imperial College Press, (2016).
• “Tradeliberalization, industry concentration and female workers: the case of Egypt”, IZA Journal of Labor Policy, 3 (20) September (2014).
• "Do Workers inExporting Industries Earn Higher Wages? Evidence from Recent TradeLiberalization Episodes in Two Developing Countries," Global Business and Economics Review 16 (4): 369-395 (2014)(with M. Said).
• “Dynamics of Multidimensional Poverty and Trade Liberalization: Evidence from Panel Data for Egypt." (with M. Said), in Berenger, Valerie; Bresson, Florent (Eds.) “Poverty and Social Exclusion around the Mediterranean Sea.” Part of the Springer book series: “Economic Studies in Inequality, Social Exclusion and Well-Being”, Vol. 9 (2013), New York: Springer.  
• “Innovation, Productivity, and Foreign DirectInvestment-Induced R&D Spillovers.” Journal of International Trade and Economic Development, 21 (5): 615-653 (2012).
• “Multinational Corporations and Knowledge Flows: Evidence from Patent Citations” Economic Development and Cultural Change,59 (3): 649-680 (2011).