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Irene Selwaness

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First Name:Irene
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Last Name:Selwaness
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Terminal Degree:2012 Paris School of Economics (from RePEc Genealogy)

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(50%) Faculty of Economics and Political Science
Cairo University

Giza, Egypt
http://www.feps.edu.eg/
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(50%) Economic Research Forum (ERF)

Cairo, Egypt
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Working papers

  1. Caroline Krafft & Irene Selwaness & Maia Sieverding, 2022. "The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Women’s Care Work And Employment in the Middle East and North Africa," Working Papers SWP20225, Economic Research Forum, revised 20 Jun 2022.
  2. Susan Razzaz & Irene Selwaness, 2022. "The Jordanian Social Contract: Shifting from Public Employment As A Source of Social Insurance to Government-Regulated Social Insurance," Working Papers 1582, Economic Research Forum, revised 20 Sep 2022.
  3. Selwaness, Irene, 2020. "Reforms and Employment in The Egyptian Labor Market: Evolution by Age From 1988 to 2006," GLO Discussion Paper Series 455, Global Labor Organization (GLO).
  4. Irene Selwaness & Maye Ehab, 2019. "Social Protection And Vulnerability In Egypt: A Gendered Analysis," Working Papers 1363, Economic Research Forum, revised 20 Oct 2019.
  5. Ibrahim Al Hawarin & Irène Selwaness, 2018. "The Evolution of Social Security in Jordan’s Labor Market: A Critical Comparison Between Pre- and Post- 2010 Social Security Reform," Working Papers 1185, Economic Research Forum, revised 26 Apr 2018.
  6. Irène Selwaness & Caroline Krafft, 2018. "The Dynamics of Family Formation and Women’s Work: What Facilitates and Hinders Female Employment in the Middle East and North Africa?," Working Papers 1192, Economic Research Forum, revised 10 May 2018.
  7. Irene Selwaness & Rania Roushdy, 2017. "The Arab Spring and the Employability of Youth: Early Evidence From Egypt," Working Papers 1097, Economic Research Forum, revised 05 2017.
  8. Roushdy, Rania & Selwaness, Irène, 2017. "Who Is Covered and Who Underreports: An Empirical Analysis of Access to Social Insurance on the Egyptian Labor Market," GLO Discussion Paper Series 29, Global Labor Organization (GLO).
  9. Ragui Assaad & Caroline Krafft & Irene Selwaness, 2017. "The Impact of Early Marriage on Women’s Employment in the Middle East and North Africa," Working Papers 1086, Economic Research Forum, revised 04 2017.
  10. Irène Selwaness & Chahir Zaki, 2015. "On the Interaction Between Trade Reforms and Labor Market Regulation: Evidence from the MENA Countries' Labor Markets," Working Papers 970, Economic Research Forum, revised Nov 2015.
  11. Rania Roushdy & Irène Selwaness, 2014. "Duration to Coverage: Dynamics of Access to Social Security in the Egyptian Labor Market in the 1998-2012 Period," Working Papers 836, Economic Research Forum, revised Jun 2014.
  12. Zaki, Chahir & Selwaness, Irène, 2012. "Assessing the Impact of Trade Reforms on Informality in Egypt," Conference papers 332191, Purdue University, Center for Global Trade Analysis, Global Trade Analysis Project.

Articles

  1. Ragui Assaad & Caroline Krafft & Irene Selwaness, 2022. "The Impact of Marriage on Women's Employment in the Middle East and North Africa," Feminist Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 28(2), pages 247-279, April.
  2. Irene Selwaness & Caroline Krafft, 2021. "The Dynamics of Family Formation and Women’s Work: What Facilitates and Hinders Female Employment in the Middle East and North Africa?," Population Research and Policy Review, Springer;Southern Demographic Association (SDA), vol. 40(3), pages 533-587, June.
  3. Rania Roushdy & Irene Selwaness, 2019. "Who Is Covered and Who Under‐reports: An Empirical Analysis of Access to Social Insurance in Egypt," Journal of International Development, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 31(8), pages 720-751, November.
  4. Selwaness, Irène & Zaki, Chahir, 2019. "On the interaction between exports and labor market regulation: Evidence from the MENA countries," The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, Elsevier, vol. 73(C), pages 24-33.
  5. Irene Selwaness & Rania Roushdy, 2019. "Young people school-to-work transition in the aftermath of the Arab Spring," International Journal of Manpower, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 40(3), pages 398-432, February.

Citations

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Working papers

  1. Irene Selwaness & Maye Ehab, 2019. "Social Protection And Vulnerability In Egypt: A Gendered Analysis," Working Papers 1363, Economic Research Forum, revised 20 Oct 2019.

    Cited by:

    1. Krafft,Caroline Gould & Assaad,Ragui A. & Rahman,Khandker Wahedur & Cumanzala,Maakwe, 2020. "How Do Small Formal and Informal Firms in the Arab Republic of Egypt Compare ?," Policy Research Working Paper Series 9423, The World Bank.

  2. Ibrahim Al Hawarin & Irène Selwaness, 2018. "The Evolution of Social Security in Jordan’s Labor Market: A Critical Comparison Between Pre- and Post- 2010 Social Security Reform," Working Papers 1185, Economic Research Forum, revised 26 Apr 2018.

    Cited by:

    1. Caroline Kraff & Ragui Assaad, 2018. "Introducing the Jordan Labor Market Panel Survey 2016," Working Papers 1186, Economic Research Forum, revised 03 May 2018.
    2. Ragui Assaad & Colette Salemi, 2018. "The Structure of Employment and Job Creation in Jordan: 2010-2016," Working Papers 1259, Economic Research Forum, revised 19 Nov 2018.
    3. Ragui Assaad & Caroline Krafft & Colette Salemi, 2023. "Socioeconomic Status and the Changing Nature of School-to-Work Transitions in Egypt, Jordan, and Tunisia," ILR Review, Cornell University, ILR School, vol. 76(4), pages 697-723, August.
    4. Caroline Krafft & Ragui Assaad & Caitlyn Keo, 2018. "The Composition of Labor Supply and its Evolution from 2010 to 2016 in Jordan," Working Papers 1183, Economic Research Forum, revised 26 Apr 2018.

  3. Irène Selwaness & Caroline Krafft, 2018. "The Dynamics of Family Formation and Women’s Work: What Facilitates and Hinders Female Employment in the Middle East and North Africa?," Working Papers 1192, Economic Research Forum, revised 10 May 2018.

    Cited by:

    1. Caroline Kraff & Ragui Assaad, 2018. "Introducing the Jordan Labor Market Panel Survey 2016," Working Papers 1186, Economic Research Forum, revised 03 May 2018.
    2. Krafft Caroline & Assaad Ragui & Rahman Khandker Wahedur, 2021. "Introducing the Egypt Labor Market Panel Survey 2018," IZA Journal of Development and Migration, Sciendo & Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit GmbH (IZA), vol. 12(1), pages 1-40, January.
    3. Tiwari, Chhavi & Goli, Srinivas & Rammohan, Anu, 2021. "Reproductive Burden And Its Impact On Female Labour Market Outcomes In India: Evidence From Longitudinal Analyses," SocArXiv nhjvm, Center for Open Science.
    4. Ragui Assaad & Caroline Krafft & Colette Salemi, 2023. "Socioeconomic Status and the Changing Nature of School-to-Work Transitions in Egypt, Jordan, and Tunisia," ILR Review, Cornell University, ILR School, vol. 76(4), pages 697-723, August.
    5. Caroline Krafft, 2016. "Why is Fertility on the Rise in Egypt? The Role of Women’s Employment Opportunities," Working Papers 1050, Economic Research Forum, revised 09 Jan 2016.
    6. Krafft,Caroline Gould & Assaad,Ragui A. & Rahman,Khandker Wahedur & Cumanzala,Maakwe, 2020. "How Do Small Formal and Informal Firms in the Arab Republic of Egypt Compare ?," Policy Research Working Paper Series 9423, The World Bank.
    7. Vu, Khoa & Glewwe, Paul, 2022. "Maternity benefits mandate and women’s choice of work in Vietnam," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 158(C).
    8. Caroline Krafft & Reham Rizk, 2018. "The Promise and Peril of Youth Entrepreneurship in MENA," Working Papers 1257, Economic Research Forum, revised 19 Nov 2018.

  4. Roushdy, Rania & Selwaness, Irène, 2017. "Who Is Covered and Who Underreports: An Empirical Analysis of Access to Social Insurance on the Egyptian Labor Market," GLO Discussion Paper Series 29, Global Labor Organization (GLO).

    Cited by:

    1. Roberta Gatti & Diego F. Angel-Urdinola & Joana Silva & Andras Bodor, 2014. "Striving for Better Jobs : The Challenge of Informality in the Middle East and North Africa," World Bank Publications - Books, The World Bank Group, number 19905.
    2. Ahmed Rashad & Mesbah Sharaf, 2018. "Does Precarious Employment Damage Youth Mental Health, Wellbeing, and Marriage? Evidence from Egypt Using Longitudinal Data," Working Papers 1200, Economic Research Forum, revised 27 May 2018.

  5. Ragui Assaad & Caroline Krafft & Irene Selwaness, 2017. "The Impact of Early Marriage on Women’s Employment in the Middle East and North Africa," Working Papers 1086, Economic Research Forum, revised 04 2017.

    Cited by:

    1. Ragui Assaad & Ghada Barsoum, 2019. "Public employment in the Middle East and North Africa," IZA World of Labor, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), pages 463-463, August.
    2. Irene Selwaness & Caroline Krafft, 2021. "The Dynamics of Family Formation and Women’s Work: What Facilitates and Hinders Female Employment in the Middle East and North Africa?," Population Research and Policy Review, Springer;Southern Demographic Association (SDA), vol. 40(3), pages 533-587, June.
    3. Moundir Lassassi & Aysit Tansel, 2022. "Female labor force participation in Egypt and Palestine: An age–period–cohort analysis," Review of Development Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 26(4), pages 1997-2020, November.
    4. Maye Ehab, 2018. "The Commuting Gender Gap and Females’ Participation and Earnings in the Egyptian Labor Market," Working Papers 1211, Economic Research Forum, revised 21 Jun 2018.
    5. Lassassi, Moundir & Tansel, Aysit, 2020. "Female Labor Force Participation in Five Selected Mena Countries: An Age-Period-Cohort Analysis (Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Palestine and Tunisia)," MPRA Paper 103774, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    6. Caroline Krafft & Ragui Assaad, 2020. "Employment’s Role in Enabling and Constraining Marriage in the Middle East and North Africa," Demography, Springer;Population Association of America (PAA), vol. 57(6), pages 2297-2325, December.
    7. Ragui Assaad & Samir Ghazouani & Caroline Krafft, 2017. "The Composition of Labor Supply and Unemployment in Tunisia," Working Papers 1150, Economic Research Forum, revised 11 Jan 2017.
    8. Caroline Kraff & Ragui Assaad, 2018. "Introducing the Jordan Labor Market Panel Survey 2016," Working Papers 1186, Economic Research Forum, revised 03 May 2018.
    9. Assaad, Ragui & Hendy, Rana & Lassassi, Moundir & Yassin, Shaimaa, 2018. "Explaining the MENA Paradox: Rising Educational Attainment, Yet Stagnant Female Labor Force Participation," IZA Discussion Papers 11385, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    10. Ragui Assaad & Caroline Krafft & Colette Salemi, 2023. "Socioeconomic Status and the Changing Nature of School-to-Work Transitions in Egypt, Jordan, and Tunisia," ILR Review, Cornell University, ILR School, vol. 76(4), pages 697-723, August.
    11. Yount, Kathryn M. & Crandall, AliceAnn & Cheong, Yuk Fai, 2018. "Women’s Age at First Marriage and Long-Term Economic Empowerment in Egypt," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 102(C), pages 124-134.
    12. Abeer Mohamed Ali Abd Elkhalek, 2019. "Economic Development and Participation of Women in Services Sector: Empirical Evidence from Egypt," International Journal of Economics and Finance, Canadian Center of Science and Education, vol. 11(2), pages 155-164, February.
    13. Moundir Lassassi & Aysit Tansel, 2020. "Female labor force participation in five selected MENA countries: An age-period-cohort analysis," Koç University-TUSIAD Economic Research Forum Working Papers 2018, Koc University-TUSIAD Economic Research Forum.
    14. Caroline Krafft, 2016. "Why is Fertility on the Rise in Egypt? The Role of Women’s Employment Opportunities," Working Papers 1050, Economic Research Forum, revised 09 Jan 2016.
    15. Ragui Assaad & Samir Ghazouani & Caroline Krafft, 2017. "Marriage, Fertility, and Women’s Agency in Tunisia," Working Papers 1157, Economic Research Forum, revised 11 2017.
    16. Caroline Krafft & Reham Rizk, 2018. "The Promise and Peril of Youth Entrepreneurship in MENA," Working Papers 1257, Economic Research Forum, revised 19 Nov 2018.

  6. Irène Selwaness & Chahir Zaki, 2015. "On the Interaction Between Trade Reforms and Labor Market Regulation: Evidence from the MENA Countries' Labor Markets," Working Papers 970, Economic Research Forum, revised Nov 2015.

    Cited by:

    1. Nora Aboushady & Chahir Zaki, 2019. "Investment climate and Trade Margins in Egypt: Which Factors Do Matter?," Economics Bulletin, AccessEcon, vol. 39(4), pages 2275-2301.

  7. Rania Roushdy & Irène Selwaness, 2014. "Duration to Coverage: Dynamics of Access to Social Security in the Egyptian Labor Market in the 1998-2012 Period," Working Papers 836, Economic Research Forum, revised Jun 2014.

    Cited by:

    1. TANSEL, Aysit & Keskin, Halil Ibrahim & Ozdemir, Zeynel Abidin, 2015. "Is There an Informal Employment Wage Penalty in Egypt?," MPRA Paper 67051, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    2. Assaad, Ragui & Krafft, Caroline, 2017. "Excluded Generation: The Growing Challenges of Labor Market Insertion for Egyptian Youth," GLO Discussion Paper Series 110, Global Labor Organization (GLO).
    3. Ragui Assaad & Caroline Krafft & Colette Salemi, 2023. "Socioeconomic Status and the Changing Nature of School-to-Work Transitions in Egypt, Jordan, and Tunisia," ILR Review, Cornell University, ILR School, vol. 76(4), pages 697-723, August.
    4. Ahmed Rashad & Mesbah Sharaf, 2018. "Does Precarious Employment Damage Youth Mental Health, Wellbeing, and Marriage? Evidence from Egypt Using Longitudinal Data," Working Papers 1200, Economic Research Forum, revised 27 May 2018.
    5. Aysit Tansel & Halil Ibrahim Keskin & Zeynel Abidin Ozdemir, 2020. "Is there an informal employment wage penalty in Egypt? Evidence from quantile regression on panel data," Empirical Economics, Springer, vol. 58(6), pages 2949-2979, June.

  8. Zaki, Chahir & Selwaness, Irène, 2012. "Assessing the Impact of Trade Reforms on Informality in Egypt," Conference papers 332191, Purdue University, Center for Global Trade Analysis, Global Trade Analysis Project.

    Cited by:

    1. Salem, Mélika Ben & Zaki, Chahir, 2019. "Revisiting the Impact of Trade Openness on Informal and Irregular Employment in Egypt," Journal of Economic Integration, Center for Economic Integration, Sejong University, vol. 34(3), pages 465-497.
    2. Abeer Elshennawy & Dirk Willenbockel, 2014. "Trade Liberalization and the Costs and Benefits of Informality an Intertemporal General Equilibrium Model for Egypt," Working Papers 888, Economic Research Forum, revised Dec 2014.
    3. Krafft Caroline & Assaad Ragui & Rahman Khandker Wahedur, 2021. "Introducing the Egypt Labor Market Panel Survey 2018," IZA Journal of Development and Migration, Sciendo & Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit GmbH (IZA), vol. 12(1), pages 1-40, January.
    4. Farzanegan, Mohammad Reza & Hassan, Mai & Badreldin, Ahmed Mohamed, 2020. "Economic liberalization in Egypt: A way to reduce the shadow economy?," Journal of Policy Modeling, Elsevier, vol. 42(2), pages 307-327.
    5. Aya Elewa, 2019. "Trade Openness and Domestic Market Share," Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade, Springer, vol. 19(3), pages 441-463, September.
    6. Mohammad Reza Farzanegan & Mai Hassan, 2017. "The Impact of Economic Globalization on the Shadow Economy in Egypt," CESifo Working Paper Series 6424, CESifo.
    7. Nesma Ali & Boris Najman, 2016. "Informal Competition, Firms Productivity and Policy Reforms in Egypt," Working Papers 1025, Economic Research Forum, revised Jul 2016.
    8. Tansel, Aysit & Ozdemir, Zeynel Abidin, 2015. "Determinants of Transitions across Formal / Informal Sectors in Egypt," IZA Discussion Papers 8773, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    9. Giorgia Giovannetti & Enrico Marvasi & Arianna Vivoli, 2020. "The asymmetric effects of twenty years of tariff reforms on Egyptian workers," Working Papers LuissLab 20156, Dipartimento di Economia e Finanza, LUISS Guido Carli.
    10. Hassan, Mai, 2017. "The impact of the shadow economy on aid and economic development nexus in Egypt," MPRA Paper 80990, University Library of Munich, Germany.

Articles

  1. Ragui Assaad & Caroline Krafft & Irene Selwaness, 2022. "The Impact of Marriage on Women's Employment in the Middle East and North Africa," Feminist Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 28(2), pages 247-279, April.

    Cited by:

    1. Irene Selwaness & Caroline Krafft, 2021. "The Dynamics of Family Formation and Women’s Work: What Facilitates and Hinders Female Employment in the Middle East and North Africa?," Population Research and Policy Review, Springer;Southern Demographic Association (SDA), vol. 40(3), pages 533-587, June.
    2. Dang, Hai-Anh H & Salehi-Isfahani, Djavad & Do, Minh N.N., 2024. "The Impacts of COVID-19 on Female Labor Force Participation in Iran," IZA Discussion Papers 17001, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    3. Caroline Kraff & Ragui Assaad, 2018. "Introducing the Jordan Labor Market Panel Survey 2016," Working Papers 1186, Economic Research Forum, revised 03 May 2018.
    4. Tzannatos, Zafiris & Saif, Ibrahim, 2023. "Assessing the Sustainability of Jordan’s Public Debt," FDL Policy Notes 2308, CEPREMAP.

  2. Irene Selwaness & Caroline Krafft, 2021. "The Dynamics of Family Formation and Women’s Work: What Facilitates and Hinders Female Employment in the Middle East and North Africa?," Population Research and Policy Review, Springer;Southern Demographic Association (SDA), vol. 40(3), pages 533-587, June.
    See citations under working paper version above.
  3. Selwaness, Irène & Zaki, Chahir, 2019. "On the interaction between exports and labor market regulation: Evidence from the MENA countries," The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, Elsevier, vol. 73(C), pages 24-33.

    Cited by:

    1. Koffi Kpognon & Henri Atangana Ondoa & Mamadou Bah & Marie Fanny Messe, 2020. "Ouverture commerciale, institutions du marché du travail et emploi des jeunes en Afrique," African Development Review, African Development Bank, vol. 32(S1), pages 91-105, November.
    2. Ardito Chiara & Berton Fabio & Pacelli Lia & Passerini Filippo, 2022. "Employment Protection, Workforce Mix and Firm Performance," The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, De Gruyter, vol. 22(3), pages 611-621, July.
    3. Mina Baliamoune, 2022. "Trade and Youth Labor Market Outcomes: Empirical Evidence and Policy Implications," Research papers & Policy papers 1945, Policy Center for the New South.
    4. Nora Aboushady & Chahir Zaki, 2019. "Investment climate and Trade Margins in Egypt: Which Factors Do Matter?," Economics Bulletin, AccessEcon, vol. 39(4), pages 2275-2301.

  4. Irene Selwaness & Rania Roushdy, 2019. "Young people school-to-work transition in the aftermath of the Arab Spring," International Journal of Manpower, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 40(3), pages 398-432, February.

    Cited by:

    1. Huzeyfe Torun & Semih Tumen, 2019. "Do vocational high school graduates have better employment outcomes than general high school graduates?," International Journal of Manpower, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 40(8), pages 1364-1388, August.
    2. Doruk, Ömer Tuğsal & Pastore, Francesco, 2020. "School to Work Transition and Macroeconomic Conditions in the Turkish Economy," GLO Discussion Paper Series 730, Global Labor Organization (GLO).

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NEP is an announcement service for new working papers, with a weekly report in each of many fields. This author has had 13 papers announced in NEP. These are the fields, ordered by number of announcements, along with their dates. If the author is listed in the directory of specialists for this field, a link is also provided.
  1. NEP-ARA: MENA - Middle East and North Africa (11) 2017-03-19 2017-04-02 2017-04-02 2017-04-30 2017-05-14 2017-05-14 2019-01-21 2020-02-03 2020-02-24 2023-01-16 2023-01-16. Author is listed
  2. NEP-IAS: Insurance Economics (3) 2017-04-02 2019-01-21 2020-02-24
  3. NEP-EDU: Education (2) 2017-04-02 2017-05-14
  4. NEP-INT: International Trade (2) 2017-03-19 2017-04-02
  5. NEP-IUE: Informal and Underground Economics (2) 2017-04-02 2020-02-03
  6. NEP-AGE: Economics of Ageing (1) 2019-01-21
  7. NEP-HIS: Business, Economic and Financial History (1) 2020-02-03
  8. NEP-LAB: Labour Economics (1) 2020-02-03
  9. NEP-PBE: Public Economics (1) 2019-01-21

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