Marian Atallah is a PhD student at the Paris School of Economics and the University of Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne. Her research interests lie at the intersection of labor and development economics with a focus on the impact of cognitive and non-cognitive skills on labor market outcomes such as occupational choice and performance, particularly in the context of self-employment and entrepreneurship. She holds a master’s degree in Development Economics from the University of Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne and a bachelor’s degree in Economics from Cairo University.