Estimating the Beveridge Curve of Egypt: An Econometric Study for the Period 2004 to 2010

Abstract

This paper estimates the Beveridge curve of Egypt for the period 2004 to 2010, using quarterly data for the both the private sector and the public sector. Our results confirm the negative relationship between unemployment and private job offers for the Egyptian labor market. The Beveridge curve has shifted inwards during the observation period, indicating an improved matching process between labor supply and private labor demand. However, the results for the public sector are poor, showing the Beveridge curve relation cannot be used to explain the relationship between government sector vacancy rates and the unemployment rate.

Female Labor Market Participation and Socioeconomic Development: Disentangling the U-Shaped Hypothesis

“…Based on the human capital theory, female participation in the labor market should increase with education since it increases a female's earning potential in the labor market compared with household work, leading to a higher substitution effect (Becker 1962;Mincer 1975 (Kasrin and Lang 2012). Since these job types are socially not acceptable after a woman marries, many females who worked in such jobs explained that they will exit the labor market after marriage (World Bank 2012b).…”