Egypt's firm-level data offer insights on "broken link" between trade and job markets
Although there is a positive employment response to export expansion, it does not occur at a large enough scale to be felt at the macroeconomic level. Egypt seems to be an exception to the positive export-employment link that many other developing countries have experienced.
World Bank Enterprise Surveys Egyptian Firm Labor Demand Egyptian Firm Level Data World Bank Enterprise Surveys
Source: worldbank.org