Public employment in the Middle East and North Africa

Artikel

Public sector hiring has been an essential component of the social bargains that have maintained political stability in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). As these bargains eroded, public sector workforces contracted in relative terms owing to a partial freeze on hiring and the promise of lifetime job security for incumbent workers. This had profound effects on the age composition of the workforce. The upcoming retirement of many workers provides an opportunity to restructure public sector hiring to emphasize meritocratic recruitment processes and performance-based compensation systems.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Journal: IZA World of Labor ; ISSN: 2054-9571 ; Year: 2019 ; Bonn: Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure ; Public Sector Labor Markets ; Particular Labor Markets: Public Policy
• Subject: MENA ; Middle East and North Africa ; gender ; age structure ; public sector

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Assaad, Ragui ; Barsoum, Ghada
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
• (where): Bonn
• (when): 2019

Further information

• DOI: doi:10.15185/izawol.463
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/206603
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:41 AM CET