Perceptions of Good Jobs : Analytical Report--Urban Cairo and Rural Fayoum, Egypt

This study shows how jobs are perceived in Egypt by exploring beyond earnings, health benefits, and pension plans that characterize a “good job” to focus on the features that increase living standards, productivity growth, and social cohesion. In both urban Cairo and rural Fayoum, men are more likel...

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Main Authors:	Kebede, Tewodros, Hatløy, Anne, Zhang, Huafeng, Bjørkhaug, Ingunn
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	Labor Poverty Reduction Health Nutrition Population
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12127

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spelling	okr-10986-121272021-04-23T14:02:59Z Perceptions of Good Jobs : Analytical Report--Urban Cairo and Rural Fayoum, Egypt Kebede, Tewodros Hatløy, Anne Zhang, Huafeng Bjørkhaug, Ingunn Labor Poverty Reduction Health Nutrition Population This study shows how jobs are perceived in Egypt by exploring beyond earnings, health benefits, and pension plans that characterize a “good job” to focus on the features that increase living standards, productivity growth, and social cohesion. In both urban Cairo and rural Fayoum, men are more likely to work than women, middle aged people more frequently than younger and older, while prolonged health problems hinder people from participating in the labor market. Urban dwellers are less likely to work, though wage jobs contribute to household wealth creation. Jobs offering stability, benefits, and prestige are preferredin both rural and urban areas, but there is a clear divide in perception of job types, with farming considered as the easiest to pursue in rural areas. Assessments of job satisfaction show urban dwellers as less satisfied than rural dwellers. Job holders exert decision-making authority in households, increasing the overall perception of job satisfaction and social status. Jobs consist mainly of manual labor—dominated by routine work with a relatively high level of autonomy—and a “good,” more meaningful job requires a shift from manual toward more cognitive work as well as from routine toward more creative tasks. Rural households exhibit higher levels of both social confidence and confidence in institutions than urban dwellers, showing the importance of wage employment in increasing social cohesion. 2013-01-16T20:42:21Z 2013-01-16T20:42:21Z 2012-10 978-82-7422-881-8 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12127 en_US Background Paper for the World Development Report 2013; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ Publications & Research :: World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Working Paper Publications & Research Middle East and North Africa Egypt, Arab Republic of
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description	This study shows how jobs are perceived in Egypt by exploring beyond earnings, health benefits, and pension plans that characterize a “good job” to focus on the features that increase living standards, productivity growth, and social cohesion. In both urban Cairo and rural Fayoum, men are more likely to work than women, middle aged people more frequently than younger and older, while prolonged health problems hinder people from participating in the labor market. Urban dwellers are less likely to work, though wage jobs contribute to household wealth creation. Jobs offering stability, benefits, and prestige are preferredin both rural and urban areas, but there is a clear divide in perception of job types, with farming considered as the easiest to pursue in rural areas. Assessments of job satisfaction show urban dwellers as less satisfied than rural dwellers. Job holders exert decision-making authority in households, increasing the overall perception of job satisfaction and social status. Jobs consist mainly of manual labor—dominated by routine work with a relatively high level of autonomy—and a “good,” more meaningful job requires a shift from manual toward more cognitive work as well as from routine toward more creative tasks. Rural households exhibit higher levels of both social confidence and confidence in institutions than urban dwellers, showing the importance of wage employment in increasing social cohesion.
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author	Kebede, Tewodros Hatløy, Anne Zhang, Huafeng Bjørkhaug, Ingunn
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title	Perceptions of Good Jobs : Analytical Report--Urban Cairo and Rural Fayoum, Egypt
title_short	Perceptions of Good Jobs : Analytical Report--Urban Cairo and Rural Fayoum, Egypt
title_full	Perceptions of Good Jobs : Analytical Report--Urban Cairo and Rural Fayoum, Egypt
title_fullStr	Perceptions of Good Jobs : Analytical Report--Urban Cairo and Rural Fayoum, Egypt
title_full_unstemmed	Perceptions of Good Jobs : Analytical Report--Urban Cairo and Rural Fayoum, Egypt
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Perceptions of Good Jobs : Analytical Report--Urban Cairo and Rural Fayoum, Egypt

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