Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/214171 
Year of Publication: 
2020
Series/Report no.: 
GLO Discussion Paper No. 477
Publisher: 
Global Labor Organization (GLO), Essen
Abstract: 
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to identify and discuss the on-the-job resilience strategies of mismatched workers. We empirically focus on Egyptian workers.Design/Methodology/Approach – This study relies on a primary micro-data collection based on design and implementation of a self-administered questionnaire survey and on the conduction of a series of semi-structured interviews. Findings – The results are fourfold: first, the combination of over-qualification and under-skilling is the most frequent in our sample; second, resilience strategies adopted by over-skilled workers mainly depend on mobility and entry to entrepreneurship; third, under-skilled workers do not enter entrepreneurship, but tend to rely on informal on-the-job learning and training opportunities. Fourth, religion and spirituality play a transversal role to cope with adversity for all of our interviewed workers. Originality/value – This study is unique as it draws our attention on factors of resilience for mismatched workers in a developing country, Egypt.
Subjects: 
resilience strategies
skill mismatches
qualification mismatches
Egypt
JEL: 
J24
E24
C81
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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