Table of Contents

Part I Surveys of Labor Market Conditions: Employment Experience in the Middle East and North Africa, Radwan A. Shaban, Ragui Assaad, Sulayman Al-Qudsi; Population, Labor, and the Employment Problem in Iran, Hamid Tabatabai, Djavad Salehi-Isfahani; Public Sector Employment and Labor Markets in Arab Countries - Recent Developments and Policy Implications, Mona Said; Economic Liberalization, Competitiveness, and Women's Employment in the Middle East and North Africa, Massoud Karshenas. Part II Empirical Studies of Labor Markets and Household Behavior: Temporary Labor Migration in Agricultural Households - Implications for Gender Differences in School Enrollment, Sadek Wahba; The Gender Gap in Education in Iran - Evidence for the Role of Household Characteristics, Djavad Salehi-Isfahani; Demand for Children and Human Capital - A Study of the Quantity-Quality Relationship of Children in Tunisia, Salma Zouari-Bouattour, Mohamed Siala; Wage Formation in the Construction Sector in Egypt, Ragui Assaad, Insan Tunali; Self-employment, Wage-employment, and Returns to Schooling by Gender in Turkey, Aysit Tansel; Returns to Education and Regional Earnings Differentials in Egypt, Jackline Wahba.

About the Author

Djavad Salehi-Isfahani is a Research Fellow and member of the Board of Trustees of the Economic Research Forum. He received his Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1977 and is now Professor of Economics at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.