Internet Job Search, Employment, and Wage Growth : Evidence from the Arab Republic of Egypt

This paper assesses the impact of Internet job search on employment in the Arab Republic of Egypt, the most populous country in the Middle East and North Africa region. Using panel data from the 2012 and 2018 rounds of the Egypt Labor Market Panel...

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Main Author:	El-Mallakh, Nelly
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2020
Subjects:	LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION JOB SEARCH EMPLOYMENT INTERNET ACCESS FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR MARKET WAGES
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/395231585232470518/Internet-Job-Search-Employment-and-Wage-Growth-Evidence-from-the-Arab-Republic-of-Egypt http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33518

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spelling	okr-10986-335182022-09-20T00:13:08Z Internet Job Search, Employment, and Wage Growth : Evidence from the Arab Republic of Egypt El-Mallakh, Nelly LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION JOB SEARCH EMPLOYMENT INTERNET ACCESS FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR MARKET WAGES This paper assesses the impact of Internet job search on employment in the Arab Republic of Egypt, the most populous country in the Middle East and North Africa region. Using panel data from the 2012 and 2018 rounds of the Egypt Labor Market Panel Survey, the paper examines the impact of Internet job search by the unemployed on their employment prospects. It also examines the impact of Internet job search by employed job seekers on their wage growth, as well as the impact of digitalization at the workplace on earnings. Accounting for individual and geographical unobserved heterogeneity using panel data, the results suggest that Internet job search is an effective job search method, as it increases the probability that the unemployed -- and in particular unemployed men -- will find employment. Auxiliary placebo regressions confirm that preexisting trends in labor market outcomes are not driving the results. However, Internet job search by employed job seekers does not appear to have an impact on their wage growth, nor does digitalization at the workplace affect the wage growth of employed individuals. 2020-04-02T18:32:58Z 2020-04-02T18:32:58Z 2020-03 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/395231585232470518/Internet-Job-Search-Employment-and-Wage-Growth-Evidence-from-the-Arab-Republic-of-Egypt http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33518 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 9196 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Middle East and North Africa Middle East North Africa Egypt, Arab Republic of
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description	This paper assesses the impact of Internet job search on employment in the Arab Republic of Egypt, the most populous country in the Middle East and North Africa region. Using panel data from the 2012 and 2018 rounds of the Egypt Labor Market Panel Survey, the paper examines the impact of Internet job search by the unemployed on their employment prospects. It also examines the impact of Internet job search by employed job seekers on their wage growth, as well as the impact of digitalization at the workplace on earnings. Accounting for individual and geographical unobserved heterogeneity using panel data, the results suggest that Internet job search is an effective job search method, as it increases the probability that the unemployed -- and in particular unemployed men -- will find employment. Auxiliary placebo regressions confirm that preexisting trends in labor market outcomes are not driving the results. However, Internet job search by employed job seekers does not appear to have an impact on their wage growth, nor does digitalization at the workplace affect the wage growth of employed individuals.
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author	El-Mallakh, Nelly
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title	Internet Job Search, Employment, and Wage Growth : Evidence from the Arab Republic of Egypt
title_short	Internet Job Search, Employment, and Wage Growth : Evidence from the Arab Republic of Egypt
title_full	Internet Job Search, Employment, and Wage Growth : Evidence from the Arab Republic of Egypt
title_fullStr	Internet Job Search, Employment, and Wage Growth : Evidence from the Arab Republic of Egypt
title_full_unstemmed	Internet Job Search, Employment, and Wage Growth : Evidence from the Arab Republic of Egypt
title_sort	internet job search, employment, and wage growth : evidence from the arab republic of egypt
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2020
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/395231585232470518/Internet-Job-Search-Employment-and-Wage-Growth-Evidence-from-the-Arab-Republic-of-Egypt http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33518
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Internet Job Search, Employment, and Wage Growth : Evidence from the Arab Republic of Egypt

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