Youth bulges in developing countries may carry both a potential for growth via demographic
dividends, and ticking political time bombs, depending on the success of authorities in …

The study of transitions to adulthood in developing countries merits a review that considers
new developments affecting specific spheres of life. High unemployment rates in certain job …

Female labour force participation has remained low in Egypt. This paper examines whether
male international migration provides a leeway for women to enter the labour market and/or …

This paper introduces the 2018 wave of the Egypt Labor Market Panel Survey (ELMPS),
previously fielded in 1998, 2006, and 2012. The ELMPS has already become the primary …

Return migration exerts a wide-ranging influence upon the countries of origin of the
migrants. We analyze whether returnees adjust their fertility choices to the norms that prevail …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the prevalence and drivers of
employment vulnerability among youth in Egypt, Jordan and Tunisia, and their propensity to …

Does Islam bear some responsibility for a lack of development in the countries in which it
dominates? In this book, economist Jean-Philippe Platteau challenges several specific …

This essay traces the effects of human development on political change, focusing on the
events of the Arab Spring. Over the past generation, the Arab world experienced rapid …

Muslim societies have been reshaped in recent decades by an Islamic revival. We document
a contemporaneous decline in social mobility among educated youth in Egypt, the epicentre …

This paper investigates the character of labor supply and especially female labor force
participation in Egypt and its evolution over the twenty-year span from 1988 to 2018 using …