Amirah El-Haddad
Senior Researcher, German Development Institute and Professor of Economics, Cairo University
Amirah El-Haddad is Professor of Economics at the Faculty of Economics and Political Sciences (FEPS), Cairo University, and currently Senior Researcher at the German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS), in Bonn, Germany. She holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Maryland at College Park (2005), during which time she also worked for the World Bank. She is a Research Fellow of the Economic Research Forum and serves on the board of a number of organizations including FEMISE. El-Haddad specializes in industrial organization, industrial policy, wage inequality and the political economy of the Arab World in general and of Egypt in particular. She has published on firm behaviour, dispute resolution in the textiles and clothing industry and gender wage discrimination. She recently published on the social contract in World Development, the role of political connections in COVID policy response in the Journal of Development Studies, on political patronage in textiles and clothing in the European Journal for Development Research, on the link between informality and inequality in Applied Economics and on the welfare effects of institutional and regulatory reform in public utilities in the Journal of Development Effectiveness and Utilities Policy. In 2012-2014 she was Visiting Professor at the departments of Economics and Public Policy and Administration at the American University in Cairo. El-Haddad was visiting scholar at AYSPS, Georgia State University, USA in 2011 and has given a series of lectures at Stanford University, USA in 2015.
Areas of Interest:
- Industrial Organization-Industrial Policy
- Political Economy
- Labour Markets and Informality
- Development Economics
Education:
- Ph.D., Economics, University of Maryland at College Park, USA, 2005
- M.A., Economics of Development (with merit), Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, The Netherlands, 1997
- B.Sc., Economics, Faculty of Economics & Political Sciences, Cairo University, 1993
- German School in Dokki Highschool (DEO)
Experience:
- Senior Economist/Researcher German Development Institute (DIE, Bonn, Germany)-present
- Professor, Economics Department, Faculty of Economics and Political Sciences (FEPS), Cairo University, Egypt-present.
- Visiting Fellow, Stanford University, California USA-Feb 2015.
- Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Public Policy and Administration, School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, The American University in Cairo, Egypt-2014.
Latest Publications:
- El-Haddad, A. (2020) Picking Winners: Identifying Leading Sectors for Egypt and Tunisia Using the Product Space Methodology. Review of Middle East Economics and Finance 16(1). De Gruyter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/rmeef-2019-0015
- El-Haddad, A. and M. Gadallah (2020). The informalization of the Egyptian economy (1998-2012): a driver of growing wage inequality. Applied Economicshttps://doi.org/10.1080/00036846.2020.1796917
- Black. A, Roy. P, El-Haddad. A. and K.Yilmaz. The political economy of automotive industry development policy in middle income countries: A comparative analysis of Egypt, India, South Africa and Turkey. Effective States and Inclusive Development Research Center (ESID) Working Paper Series. ESID Working Paper 143. University of Manchester. http://www.effective-states.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/esid_wp_143_black_roy_haddad_yilmaz.final_.pdf
- El-Haddad, A. (2020). Redefining the social contract in the wake of the Arab Spring: The experiences of Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia. World Development. Vol. 127 104774. https://authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S0305750X19304231
Link to homepage:
Operationalising Social Contracts: Towards an Index of Government Deliverables
Areas of Interest: Industrial Organization-Industrial Policy Political Economy Labour Markets and Informality Development Economics Education: Ph.D., Economics, University... Read More
March, 2025
Conference PaperHousehold Enterprises in Egypt: Between Survival and Vulnerability
Areas of Interest: Industrial Organization-Industrial Policy Political Economy Labour Markets and Informality Development Economics Education: Ph.D., Economics, University... Read More
February, 2025
Policy BriefsHousehold Micro and Small Enterprises in Egypt: Overview and Developments through 2023
Areas of Interest: Industrial Organization-Industrial Policy Political Economy Labour Markets and Informality Development Economics Education: Ph.D., Economics, University... Read More
February, 2025
Working PapersFirm Dynamics in Times of COVID: Evidence from Egyptian Firms
Areas of Interest: Industrial Organization-Industrial Policy Political Economy Labour Markets and Informality Development Economics Education: Ph.D., Economics, University... Read More
September, 2022
Working PapersPost Covid-19 Firm-Level Government Support in Egypt: Uneven Allocation and Unequal Effects
Areas of Interest: Industrial Organization-Industrial Policy Political Economy Labour Markets and Informality Development Economics Education: Ph.D., Economics, University... Read More
August, 2022
Working PapersEgypt Labor Market Panel Survey 2023
Areas of Interest: Industrial Organization-Industrial Policy Political Economy Labour Markets and Informality Development Economics Education: Ph.D., Economics, University... Read More
2023-01-15
Regulatory Reform in Public Utilities: Have Reforms Resulted in Increased Competition, Market Efficiency and Higher Welfare?
Areas of Interest: Industrial Organization-Industrial Policy Political Economy Labour Markets and Informality Development Economics Education: Ph.D., Economics, University... Read More
2012-01-01
ERF 31st Annual Conference: Parallel Sessions
Areas of Interest: Industrial Organization-Industrial Policy Political Economy Labour Markets and Informality Development Economics Education: Ph.D., Economics, University... Read More
Apr 27, 2025
From Data to Policy: Evidence and Insights from The Egypt Labor Market Panel Survey 2023
Areas of Interest: Industrial Organization-Industrial Policy Political Economy Labour Markets and Informality Development Economics Education: Ph.D., Economics, University... Read More
Nov 24, 2024
ERF 29th Annual Conference: The Future of MENA Development Path: Risks and Opportunities in an Emerging World Order
Areas of Interest: Industrial Organization-Industrial Policy Political Economy Labour Markets and Informality Development Economics Education: Ph.D., Economics, University... Read More
May 04, 2023
Revisiting Macroeconomic Management in Times of Crisis and Beyond – Parallel Sessions – March 27
Areas of Interest: Industrial Organization-Industrial Policy Political Economy Labour Markets and Informality Development Economics Education: Ph.D., Economics, University... Read More
Mar 26, 2022
Identifying Activities for Greater Employment Generation in Egypt: An Input-Output Analysis
Areas of Interest: Industrial Organization-Industrial Policy Political Economy Labour Markets and Informality Development Economics Education: Ph.D., Economics, University... Read More
Mar 03, 2022