Dynamics of Multidimensional Poverty and Trade Liberalization: Evidence from Panel Data for Egypt

Shireen AlAzzawi and Mona Said ()
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Mona Said: The American University in Cairo

Chapter Chapter 11 in Poverty and Social Exclusion around the Mediterranean Sea, 2013, pp 299-328 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This chapter investigates the dynamics of poverty in Egypt using monetary and non-monetary panel data, and the impact of trade liberalization on poor and low waged workers. We find a relatively low level of economic mobility in both income and non-income indicators, with the majority of those who were “poor” in 1998, whether in the monetary or non-monetary dimension, remaining so by 2006. Trade reform in the form of lower tariffs and increased export promotion exerted a small positive influence on the incomes of the poor; however, this came at the expense of greater informalization of workers and higher incidence of low quality jobs. We also find that private sector employment and gender have a much more important role in segregating the labor market.

Keywords: Poverty Line; Trade Liberalization; Multidimensional Poverty; Wage Worker; Import Penetration (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-5263-8_11

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