The Jordanian Labour Market in the New Millennium

This collection is the first to analyse the results of the Jordan Labour Market Panel Survey of 2010 (JLMPS 2010), a major household survey of labour market conditions carried out in Jordan by the Economic Research Forum. The chapters cover topics that are essential to understanding the conditions leading to the Arab Spring, including the persistence of high youth unemployment despite fairly healthy economic growth, the co-existence of in-migration, high unemployment, and out-migration, the very low and stagnant female participation rates despite rapid increases in educational attainment and delayed marriage among Jordanian women, and the unusually early retirement among prime-age male workers. The chapters make use of this unique data set to provide a fresh analysis of the Jordanian labour market that was simply not feasible with previously existing data. The book will prove to be essential reading for anyone interested in the Economics of the Middle East and the political economy of the Arab Spring. This Collection Analyses The Results Of The Jordan Labour Market Panel Survey Of 2010 (jlmps 2010), A Major Household Survey Of Labour Market Conditions Carried Out In Jordan By The Economic Research Forum. The Chapters Cover Topics That Are Essential To Understanding The Conditions Leading To The Arab Spring. Structure And Evolution Of Employment In Jordan / Ragui Assaad -- Demographics, Labor Force Participation, And Unemployment In Jordan / Nader Mryyan -- School-to-work Transition Of Jordanian Youth / Mona Amer -- Gender And The Jordanian Labor Market / Chaimaa Yassine -- Wage Formation And Earnings Inequality In The Jordanian Labor Market / Mona Said -- Immigration, Emigration, And The Labor Market In Jordan / Jackline Wahba -- Trends And Differentials In Jordanian Marriage Behavior: Marriage Timing, Spousal Characteristics, Household Structure, And Matrimonial Expenditures / Rania Salem -- Patterns Of Early Retirement Among Jordanian Men / Ibrahim Al Hawarin. Edited By Ragui Assaad. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Cover 1 The Jordanian Labour Market in the New Millennium 2 Copyright 5 Foreword 6 Preface 8 Acknowledgements 14 Contents 16 List of Figures 18 List of Tables 28 List of Contributors 32 1 The Structure and Evolution of Employment in Jordan 34 2 Demographics, Labor Force Participation, and Unemployment in Jordan 72 3 The School-to-Work Transition of Jordanian Youth 97 4 Gender and the Jordanian Labor Market 138 5 Wage Formation and Earnings Inequality in the Jordanian Labor Market 177 6 Immigration, Emigration, and the Labor Market in Jordan 205 7 Trends and Differentials in Jordanian Marriage Behavior: Marriage Timing, Spousal Characteristics, Household Structure, and M 222 8 The Patterns of Early Retirement among Jordanian Men 251 Index 268 Content: The structure and evolution of employment in Jordan / Ragui Assaad -- Demographics, labor force participation, and unemployment in Jordan / Nader Mryyan -- The school-to-work transition of Jordanian youth / Mona Amer -- Gender and the Jordanian labor market / Ragui Assaad, Rana Hendy, and Chaimaa Yassine -- Wage formation and earnings inequality in the Jordanian labor market / Mona Said -- Immigration, emigration, and the labor market in Jordan / Jackline Wahba -- Trends and differentials in Jordanian marriage behavior : Marriage timing, spousal characteristics, household structure, and matrimonial expenditures / Rania Salem -- The patterns of early retirement among Jordanian men / Ibrahim Al Hawarin.