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Department of Economics Faculty
Fatma El-Hamidi
Office: Posvar 4918A
Telephone: 412-648-1706
Fax: 412-648-1793
fatma@pitt.edu
Research Interests:
Labor Markets; Human Development; Poverty; Minimum Wages; Middle East;
Staff Support Person:
Annette DiDiano. Ph: 412-648-1730 Email:didiano@pitt.edu
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Title: Education-Occupation Mismatch and the Effect on Wages of Egyptian Workers (External Link)
Title: Preferences for Eerly Retirement among Older Government Employees in Egypt
(Co)Authors:
Cem Baslevent
Title: Labor Supply of Egyptian Married Women When Self-Employment Is An Option: Participation And Hours Of Work
Title: Does Wealth Affect Female Labor Participation? Evidence from Egypt
Title: Have Economic Reforms Paid Off? Gender Occupational Inequality in the New Millennium in Egypt
(Co)Authors:
Mona Said
Title: The Effects of Structural Adjustment on Youth Unemployment in Egypt(Download)
(Co)Authors:
Jackline Wahba
Title: Wage Inequality by Education and Gender in MENA: Contrasting the Egyptian and Moroccan Experiences in the 1990s
(Co)Authors:
Mona Said
Title: The Effect of Trade Liberalization on Industrial Segregation and Wage Determination: Evidence from Egypt
Title: Determinants of Early Retirement in Egypt
Title: The Egyptian Labor Market in the New Millennium
Title: The Determinants of Employment Status in Egypt (External Link)
(Co)Authors:
Ragui Assaad, Ahmed Akhter
Description:
IFPRI ; FCND Discussion Paper No. 88
Title: Why Does the MENA Region Have Such High Unemployment Rates?
(Co)Authors:
Jackline Wahba
Description:
Forthcoming in Labor Markets in the Middle East and North Africa; Routledge 2009
Title: Wage Inequality` Returns to Education and Gender Premia in MENA
(Co)Authors:
Mona Said
Description:
Forthcoming in: Labor Markets in the Middle East and North Africa; Routledge 2009
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Title: Preferences for Early Retirement among Older Government Workers in Egypt (External Link)
(Co)Authors:
Cem Baslevent
Citation:
Economics Bulletin, 2009; Vol. 29 no.2 pp. 567-578
Title: Women in the Egyptian Labor Market: An Analysis of Development from 1998 to 2006
(Co)Authors:
Ragui Assaad
Citation:
Egypt’s Labor Market Revisited. Ragui Assaad (ed.), 2009, American University in Cairo Press. ISBN Number: 978-977-416-248-0
Title: Early Retirement in the Government Sector in Egypt: Preferences, Determinants and Policy Implications
Citation:
Journal of Developing Areas (Accepted August 2007, forthcoming in Volume 43, 2009).
Title: The Effect of Wealth on Labor Participation Decision for Egyptian Women
Citation:
Forthcoming in Labor Markets and Human Capital in MENA. Jeffery Nugent and Hassan Aly (ed.).
Title: Education-Occupation Mismatch and the Effect on Wages of Egyptian Workers
Citation:
Forthcoming in “Handbook on International Studies in Education”. Donald Sharpes (ed.), 2009. Information Age Publishing.
Title: General or Vocational Schooling? Evidence on School Choice, Returns, and ‘Sheepskin’ Effects from Egypt 1998
Citation:
“General or Vocational? Evidence on School Choice, Returns, and “Sheep Skin” Effects from Egypt 1998”. In Journal of Policy Reform. Vol. 9, No 2. June 2006.
Title: The Impact of Minimum Wages on Wage inequality and Employment in the Formal and Informal Sector in Costa Rica
(Co)Authors:
Katherine Terrell
Citation:
Inequality Around the World. Richard Freeman (ed.), 2002, McMillan Press. ISBN 0-333-77355-1
Title: The Impact of Minimum Wages on Wage Inequality and Employment in Costa Rica
(Co)Authors:
Katherine Terrell
Citation:
Economic Reforms, Growth and Inequality in Latin America: Essays in Honor of Albert Berry; Gustavo Indart (ed).. Ashgate Publishers. ISBN Number: 0 7546 4217 8.
Title: Female Labor Supply in Egypt: Participation and Hours of Work.
(Co)Authors:
Ragui Assaad
Citation:
Human Capital: Population Economics In The Middle East.Ismail Sirageldin (ed.), 2002, Cairo: American University in Cairo Press, pp. 210-230. ISBN 977 424 711 6
Title: Is All Work the Same? A Comparison of the Determinants of Female Participation and Hours of Work in Various Employment States in Egypt
(Co)Authors:
Ragui Assaad
Citation:
Research in Middle East Economics, Volume 4. The Economics of Women and Work in the Middle East and North Africa. Elsevier Science B.V., Mine Cinar (ed), 2001, Netherlands. ISBN 0-7623-0714-5
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Title: * Winner of the 8th round research competition from ERF-GDN (Global Development Network). Research Title: “The Gendered Aspects of MSEs in MENA: Evidence from Egypt and Turkey “. Principal Investigator. May 2008-May 2009.
Date:
May 2008
Title: Have Economic Reforms Paid Off? Occupational Inequality in the New Millennium in Egypt
Date:
December 2006-August 2007
Description:
Research Grant
Title: Taking Technical Education Seriously in MENA: Determinants, Labor Market Implications and Policy Lessons
Date:
2005
Description:
5th round research grant from ERF
Title: Minimum Wages as a Mechanism Towards Reducing Poverty, in Egypt
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2004-2005
Description:
* Senior Fulbright Scholar. The J. William Fulbright Scholarship Board (FSB) grant
Title: Minimum Wages in Costa Rica, 1976-1992
Date:
1998-1999
Description:
University of Pittsburgh, Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS)-Grant
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ECON 0640: Economic Development of MENA (Middle East and North Africa).
Offered in spring-2007. CRN: (Course WebPage)
ECON 0430: Women in the Labor Market.
Offered in fall-2006. CRN: (Course WebPage)
Title: ECON:0430-- Women in the Labor Market
Description:
In the United States, as well as the rest of the world, we observe different economic outcomes for men and women, especially in the world of work: different wages, different occupations and different positions. This course focuses on the economic analysis of the labor market position of women in the context of work, development, and globalization. The course uses economic theories and tools in an attempt to explain why different economic outcomes persist for men and women. To analyze these differences, we look at economic models that explicitly include men and women; at statistics determining the differences between men and women; and at government and corporate policies that affect men and women differently. Topics to be covered, but not limited to: female labor force participation differences; male/female differentials in earnings and unemployment; occupational concentration, occupational segregation, theories and evidence of sex discrimination; and new opportunities for women. This course also includes comparisons of gender-related outcomes across countries (developed and developing), over time in the United States, and across ethnic groups.
Title: ECON:0640: Economic Development of MENA (Middle East and North Africa)
Description:
Nowadays, Countries of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), the area comprising the Arab States, Iran, Israel, and Turkey, face enormous economic challenges in the Twenty-First Century: Stagnant real wages, deteriorating competitiveness, and rapidly growing populations and labor forces, have left most countries in the region unable to afford soaring living standards to much of the society. Yet the opportunities facing the region have never been greater: world trade is growing rapidly, capital flows to most of these countries have never been higher, and regional integration options are many as the result of the European Union’s agreement for a free trade area in the Mediterranean. Why after years of negative per capita income growth, has the region been unable to accumulate sufficient reform momentum to sustain economic growth? Do important differences across countries hold lessons for the future? What are the social consequences of economic stagnation, and how might future adjustment costs be managed to protect the poor? How have individual countries in the region defined the challenges ahead? And what issues must be addressed to realize a more prosperous future?
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