Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/267363 
Year of Publication: 
2022
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 15626
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
Egypt's industries heavily rely on imported goods for production. Thus, an increase in imports could have a potentially positive effect on the labor market as it means more inputs for the production of exporting goods. Alternatively, minimal backward linkages in global value chains (GVCs) could also mean that increasing imports substitute for domestic production and thus, lost employment opportunities. This paper evaluates the relationship between regional trade agreements using a gravity model and import flows to test whether rising imports impacted wages, informality, and female labor force participation using the Bartik (1991) approach. Our results suggest that imports are not to blame for disappointing labor market outcomes in Egypt.
Subjects: 
imports
trade
labor market
informality
econometrics
bartik
Egypt
JEL: 
F1
C1
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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