Internal Migration in Egypt : Levels, Determinants, Wages, and Likelihood of Employment

Internal Migration in Egypt : Levels, Determinants, Wages, and Likelihood of Employment

This paper describes stylized facts about internal migration and the labor force in Egypt, and shows how internal migration in the country is low compared with international standards. Using aggregate labor force survey data, the paper shows how in...

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Main Authors: Herrera, Santiago, Badr, Karim
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
AGRICULTURAL WORKERS
CARE FOR CHILDREN
CITIES
COMMUTING
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
ECONOMIC GROWTH
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
ELDERLY
FARMERS
FOOD PRODUCTION
GENDER
HOUSEHOLDS
HOUSING
ILL HEALTH
INEQUALITY
INTERNAL MIGRANTS
INTERNAL MIGRATION
INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION
LABOR FORCE
LABOR MARKET
LAND TENURE
LAND TITLING
LEVEL OF EDUCATION
LEVELS OF EDUCATION
LIVING STANDARDS
MIGRANT
MIGRANTS
MIGRATION FLOWS
MIGRATION RATES
MIGRATIONS
MOBILITY
NUMBER OF MIGRANTS
POLICY DISCUSSIONS
POLICY RESEARCH
POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
POPULATION CONFERENCE
PRODUCTIVITY
PROGRESS
RATE OF MIGRATION
RESPECT
RURAL AREAS
RURAL HOUSEHOLDS
SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF POPULATION
SECONDARY SCHOOLS
SMALL LOANS
SOCIAL FACTORS
SUPPORT SERVICES
TOWNS
TRANSPORTATION
UNEMPLOYMENT
UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
URBAN AREAS
URBAN CENTERS
URBAN MIGRATION
WATER SUPPLY
WORKING-AGE POPULATION
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/08/16598470/internal-migration-egypt-levels-determinants-wages-likelihood-employment-vol-1-o1
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12014

Internet

http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/08/16598470/internal-migration-egypt-levels-determinants-wages-likelihood-employment-vol-1-o1
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12014

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