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Research interests
Ragui Assaad, professor, researches education, labor policy, and labor market analysis in developing countries with a focus on the Middle East and North Africa. His current work focuses on inequality of opportunity in education, labor markets, transitions from school-to-work, employment and unemployment dynamics, family formation, informality, labor market responses to economic shocks, international migration, including the effects of forced migration.
Personal profile
Ragui Assaad is a Research Fellow of the Economic Research Forum in Cairo, Egypt and serves on its board of trustees. He is also Research Fellow at the Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) in Bonn, Germany. He served as Regional Director for West Asia and North Africa for the Population Council, based in Cairo, Egypt, from 2005 to 2008.
Assaad has served as a consultant to the World Bank, the International Labor Organization, the Ford Foundation, UNICEF and UNDP.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, City & Regional Planning, Cornell University
… → 1991
BS, Physics, Stanford University
… → 1981
MS, Mechanical Engineering
… → 1981
Research Interest Keywords
- education
- labor policy
- labor market analysis
- Middle East
- North Africa
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Integrated International Microdata Series
Ruggles, S. (PI), Boyle, E. H. (CoI), Grace, K. L. (CoI), King, M. L. (CoI), Lovaton Davila, R. (CoI), Sarkar, S. (CoI), Sobek, M. (CoI), Assaad, R. A. (Co-Principal Investigator), Cleveland, L. L. (Co-Principal Investigator), Levison, D. (Co-Principal Investigator) & Manson, S. M. (Co-Principal Investigator)
THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
9/1/24 → 8/31/29
Project: Research project
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Microdata for Research on Aging in the Global South
Ruggles, S. (PI), Assaad, R. A. (CoI), Boyle, E. H. (CoI), Flood, S. M. (CoI), Grace, K. L. (CoI), Levison, D. (CoI), Cleveland, L. L. (Co-Principal Investigator) & Sobek, M. (Co-Principal Investigator)
NIH NAT'L INSTITUTE ON AGING (NIA)
8/1/24 → 7/31/25
Project: Research project
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Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program
Assaad, R. A. (PI)
INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE (USDS)
7/1/24 → 6/30/25
Project: Research project
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Creation and revision of the JLMPS questionnaire andsample design
Krafft, C. G. (PI) & Assaad, R. A. (Co-Principal Investigator)
6/25/24 → 5/31/26
Project: Research project
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Data Analytics Training-to-Jobs Pathway Program
Assaad, R. A. (PI) & Krafft, C. G. (Co-Principal Investigator)
ENCOMPASS LLC, USAID USAID US AGENCY FOR INTL
6/16/24 → 8/31/26
Project: Research project
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How do small formal and informal firms in Egypt compare? An analysis of firm characteristics and implications for formalization efforts
Krafft, C., Assaad, R., Rahman, K. W. & Cumanzala, M., Aug 2024, In: Review of Development Economics. 28, 3, p. 1292-1315 24 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Womens access to school, educational attainment, and fertility: Evidence from Jordan
Zhang, H. & Assaad, R., Sep 2024, In: Journal of Development Economics. 170, 103291.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Are labor markets in the Middle East and North Africa recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic?
Krafft, C., Assaad, R., Marouani, M. A., Cheung, R. & Laplante, A., Jan 1 2023, In: IZA Journal of Development and Migration. 14, 1Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Labour market dynamics and youth unemployment in the Middle East and North Africa: Evidence from Egypt, Jordan, and Tunisia
Assaad, R. & Krafft, C., Dec 2023, In: LABOUR. 37, 4, p. 519-553 35 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Refugees and the education of host populations: Evidence from the Syrian inflow to Jordan
Assaad, R., Ginn, T. & Saleh, M., Sep 2023, In: Journal of Development Economics. 164, 103131.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
1 Scopus citations