Areas of Interest:

• Labor Economics
• Impact Evaluation
• Applied Microeconometrics
• Economic Demography and Gender

Education:

• Ph.D., Economics, State University of New York (SUNY) at Stony Brook, 2003
• M.A., Economics, State University of New York (SUNY) at Stony Brook, 2000
• M.Sc. Statistics, School of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University, 1998

Experience:

• Associate Professor of Practice, Department of Economics, School of Business, The American University in Cairo, Egypt, 2017 - Present
• Senior Program Manager of the Poverty Gender and Youth Program, 2010-2017
• Senior Research Manager of the Data Analysis and Economic Research Group, Population Council-West Asia and North Africa Regional Office, Cairo, Egypt, 2009-2010

Latest Publications:

• Roushdy, R. and I. Selwaness. 2019 “Who Is Covered and Who Under-reports: An Empirical Analysis of Access to Social Insurance in Egypt.” Journal of International Development, Volume 31, Issue 8: Pages 720-751. https://doi.org/10.1002/jid.3434
• Selwaness, I. and R. Roushdy. 2019 “Young People School-to-Work Transition in the Aftermath of the Arab Spring: Early Evidence from Egypt.” International Journal of Manpower, Vol. 40 No. 3, pp. 398-432. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJM-02-2018-0041.
• Roushdy, R. and M. Sieverding. 2016. “Beyond the MDGs: A Matching Analysis of the Impact of the quality of improved water on Child Health in Egypt.” Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, Vol. 22 No. 1.