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Title: Excluded generation: the growing challenges of labor market insertion for Egyptian youth

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2021

ISSN: 14699680

DOI: 10.1080/13676261.2020.1714565

Abstract: Youth in Egypt hold rising aspirations for their adult lives, yet face an increasingly uncertain and protracted transition from school to work and thus into adulthood. This paper investigates how labor market insertion has been evolving over time in Egypt and how the nature of youth transitions relates to gender and social class. The study examines 19,925 respondents from the 2012 wave of the Egypt Labor Market Panel Survey. We demonstrate that recent youth cohorts face poorer chances of transitioning into a good job than previous cohorts, despite large increases in educational attainment. Social class is playing an increasing role in determining the success of the transition from school to work in Egypt. Whether youth successfully make transitions to formal jobs, embark on such transitions and fail, or pursue more traditional careers in informal employment or family businesses or farms depends on a complex and changing interaction between their own educational attainment and the resources of their families. In light of these findings, we discuss the policies that can help facilitate more successful transitions for struggling youth in Egypt.

Url: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13676261.2020.1714565

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Authors: Assaad, Ragui; Krafft, Caroline

Periodical (Full): Journal of Youth Studies

Issue: 2

Volume: 24

Pages: 186-212

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