Perceptions of Good Jobs : Analytical Report--Urban Cairo and Rural Fayoum, Egypt

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Perceptions of Good Jobs : Analytical Report--Urban Cairo and Rural Fayoum, Egypt

dc.contributor.author	Kebede, Tewodros
dc.contributor.author	Hatløy, Anne
dc.contributor.author	Zhang, Huafeng
dc.contributor.author	Bjørkhaug, Ingunn
dc.date.accessioned	2013-01-16T20:42:21Z
dc.date.available	2013-01-16T20:42:21Z
dc.date.issued	2012-10
dc.description.abstract	This study shows how jobs are perceived in Egypt by exploring beyond earnings, health benefits, and pension plans that characterize a “good job” to focus on the features that increase living standards, productivity growth, and social cohesion. In both urban Cairo and rural Fayoum, men are more likely to work than women, middle aged people more frequently than younger and older, while prolonged health problems hinder people from participating in the labor market. Urban dwellers are less likely to work, though wage jobs contribute to household wealth creation. Jobs offering stability, benefits, and prestige are preferredin both rural and urban areas, but there is a clear divide in perception of job types, with farming considered as the easiest to pursue in rural areas. Assessments of job satisfaction show urban dwellers as less satisfied than rural dwellers. Job holders exert decision-making authority in households, increasing the overall perception of job satisfaction and social status. Jobs consist mainly of manual labor—dominated by routine work with a relatively high level of autonomy—and a “good,” more meaningful job requires a shift from manual toward more cognitive work as well as from routine toward more creative tasks. Rural households exhibit higher levels of both social confidence and confidence in institutions than urban dwellers, showing the importance of wage employment in increasing social cohesion.	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1596/978-82-7422-881-8
dc.identifier.isbn	978-82-7422-881-8
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10986/12127
dc.language.iso	en_US
dc.publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Background Paper for the World Development Report 2013;
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder	Publications & Research :: World Bank
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subject	Labor
dc.subject	Poverty Reduction
dc.subject	Health
dc.subject	Nutrition
dc.subject	Population
dc.title	Perceptions of Good Jobs : Analytical Report--Urban Cairo and Rural Fayoum, Egypt	en
dspace.entity.type	Publication
okr.date.doiregistration	2025-05-05T11:42:40.256193Z
okr.doctype	Publications & Research::Working Paper
okr.doctype	Publications & Research
okr.globalpractice	Social Protection and Labor
okr.globalpractice	Poverty
okr.globalpractice	Health, Nutrition, and Population
okr.language.supported	en
okr.region.administrative	Middle East and North Africa
okr.region.country	Egypt, Arab Republic of
okr.topic	Social Protections and Labor
okr.topic	Health, Nutrition and Population
okr.topic	Poverty Reduction