Labor markets and school-to-work transition in Egypt : diagnostics, constraints, and policy framework (English)

Despite substantial improvements in labor market outcomes in recent years (in raising employment and participation and in lowering unemployment), unemployment rates in Egypt remain exceedingly high among youth2 entering the labor market for the first time. A slow school-to-work transition remains the main reason behind high unemployment rates. The youth unemployment rate in Egypt, at 24 percent in year 2006, is high for international standards- though...

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Angel-Urdinola, Diego F.;
Document Date
2010/07/01
Document Type
Policy Note
Report Number
56737
Volume No
1
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1
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Middle East and North Africa,
Region
Middle East and North Africa,
Disclosure Date
2015/07/10
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Disclosed
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Labor markets and school-to-work transition in Egypt : diagnostics, constraints, and policy framework
Keywords
Labor Market

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Angel-Urdinola, Diego F..

Labor markets and school-to-work transition in Egypt : diagnostics, constraints, and policy framework (English). MNA Knowledge and Learning Fast Brief|no. 65 Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/447671468275939290

Labor markets and school-to-work transition in Egypt : diagnostics, constraints, and policy framework (English)

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