Labor Market Competitiveness and Flexibility in Egypt

Naglaa El-Ehwany () and Manal Metwally
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Naglaa El-Ehwany: Cairo University

No 129, Working Papers from Economic Research Forum

Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to analyze the structure and performance of the labor market in Egypt, in order to assess its competitiveness. The paper also considers issues related to labor market flexibility and labor market reforms. The study found that the labor market has been increasingly suffering from many distortions and disequilibria during the last two decades that affected its competitiveness. The study indicated that the collective impact of the legislative and institutional rules that control the labor market on the private sector profitability and hence, on job creation was minor.The paper concluded that the challenge of job creation could only be met through adopting a comprehensive strategy which aims at achieving a high labor intensive rate of growth, hand in hand with raising labor productivity and competitiveness.

Pages: 27 pages
Date: 2001-04-10, Revised 2001-04-10
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