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Report

27 Jun 2014

Author:
Mona Amer and Philippe Fargues, The Center for Migration and Refugees Studies, American University of Cairo, (Egypt)

Labour Market Outcomes and Egypt’s Migration Potential

The Center for Migration and Refugee Studies (CMRS) is pleased to publish this study about Labor Market Outcomes and Migration Potential in Egypt. International migration is essentially about the movement of populations in search of job opportunities or of better terms and conditions of employment. Labour market outcomes are considered, therefore, as determinants of migration flows. For four decades, unemployment, underemployment, low wages and deficient terms and conditions of employment were causes that generated the migration of tens of millions of Egyptians to the labor markets, essentially, of member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and other Arab countries as well as, in a second instance, of member states of the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). The study considers the evolution of the Egyptian labor market. It reviews demographic trends, the volume and growth rates of the labor force, and the labor force participation rates (LFPR)...