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The Egyptian Labor Market: Facts and Prospects – A Focus on Gender and Economic Vulnerability

FromOct 27, 2019 To Oct 28, 2019

Cairo, Egypt

Conference highlights

The study of labor market behaviors and dynamics is a central part of Egypt’s development process and the creation of new jobs. Since good quality data is the basis for any sound scientific research, the Economic Research Forum has invested time and effort in carrying out the Egyptian labor market survey over the past 20 years. The Economic Research Forum conducted four survey rounds in 1998, 2006, 2012 and recently 2018, in collaboration with CAPMAS.

The 2018 Egyptian Labor Market Panel Survey measures several indicators related to employment, labor market activity, household economic status and property, education, health, marriage, family formation and migration. The survey also measures indicators of employment instability, mental health, disability, self-belief, women’s empowerment, food security, hazardous work, community infrastructure, housing costs, agricultural livelihoods, and coping strategies for traumatized households.

The Egyptian Labor Market Panel Survey 2018 included a sample of 15,746 households representing 61,231 individuals. 85% of the 12,060 households visited in the 2012 survey were re-visited, and the survey team was able to visit 82% of the 4,598 split households. Furthermore, in order to study the degree of economic vulnerability, a new sample of 2000 households that oversamples the poorest villages in the country, with a response rate of 98% among these households.

Using this wealth of data, the Economic Research Forum is producing a new book for the sequential Labor Market Panel Survey series. This book seeks to study the evolution of the labor market in Egypt from 2012 to 2018 and analyze it from a gender perspective and the degree of vulnerability to economic changes.

Conference objectives and Setting

The conference aims at providing a platform for the dissemination of results of the Egyptian Labor Market Panel Survey 2018 and discussing the impact of these results on public policies with decision-makers and experts from academia, international organizations, civil society and the private sector.

The two-day conference will cover the following aspects:

  • The first day deals with the topics of jobs and gender, starting the day with the opening session, which presents an overview of the ELMPS 2018 and the evolution of labor supply in Egypt. This will be followed by four presentations in two consecutive sessions.
  • The second day deals with the issues of social protection and economic vulnerability. Afterwards, six presentations will be staged in three consecutive sessions.
  • The conference will conclude with a closing panel focusing on key messages and recommendations emerging from the conference towards future policy considerations.

Agenda Highlights

Day 1 – Jobs and Gender

                                                       H.E. Khairat Barakat; Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS)

  • Panel 3 – Women and Work
    • Caitlyn Keo, Caroline Krafft, and Luca Fedi; Rural Women in Egypt: Opportunities and Vulnerabilities.
    • Reham Rizk and Ali Rashed; Trends and Determinants of Women’s Entrepreneurship in Egypt.

Day 2 – Social Protection and Economic Vulnerability

  • Panel 4: Closing Session on Egyptian Labor Market Policies

 

This project was made possible by the generous contributions of the International Labour Organization (ILO), World Bank Group, Agence Française de Développement (AFD), United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women), and The Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development.