Samer Atallah
Biographic Data
| ID | 5722041 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Samer Atallah |
| GIVEN NAMES | Samer |
| FAMILY NAME | Atallah |
| SIGNATURE | ATALLAH S |
| AFFILIATIONS | The American University in Cairo Ringgold Standard Institution |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
When having a job is not enough: Poor-quality employment in Egypt, 1988 – 2018
In developing countries, governments are rightly concerned with generating enough jobs. However, focusing solely on the quantity delivers a partial picture, as socioeconomic sustainability and productivity also depend on job quality. This paper shows that although Egypt has experienced reasonable economic growth between 1998 and 2018, labour force participation declined and job quality appears to have worsened. Based on several Latin American cas…
Can Randomized Controlled Trials Be Remedied
As the Middle East and North Africa (mena) is becoming a lab for randomized controlled trials in the social sciences, this essay reflects on the use of this methodology in the region. Reflecting on earlier critiques of the method’s deployment in the Global South, we argue that the perils of its use outweigh the benefits. Unlike many of the existing critiques, we maintain that this methodology’s intrinsic flaws are further exacerbated in the conte…
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Can Randomized Controlled Trials Be Remedied
As the Middle East and North Africa (mena) is becoming a lab for randomized controlled trials in the social sciences, this essay reflects on the use of this methodology in the region. Reflecting on earlier critiques of the method’s deployment in the Global South, we argue that the perils of its use outweigh the benefits. Unlike many of the existing critiques, we maintain that this methodology’s intrinsic flaws are further exacerbated in the conte…
When having a job is not enough: Poor-quality employment in Egypt, 1988 – 2018
In developing countries, governments are rightly concerned with generating enough jobs. However, focusing solely on the quantity delivers a partial picture, as socioeconomic sustainability and productivity also depend on job quality. This paper shows that although Egypt has experienced reasonable economic growth between 1998 and 2018, labour force participation declined and job quality appears to have worsened. Based on several Latin American cas…
Economics (1 works) · Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (1 works) · Internal Medicine (1 works) · Internal Medicine (1 works) · Job creation (1 works) · Job loss (1 works) · Labor market dynamics and wage inequality (1 works) · Medicine (1 works) · Part-time employment (1 works) · Psychology (1 works)