الفهرس 
Social mobility in Egypt : An intergenerational approach
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Abstract
The presented thesis gauges the extent of social mobility in Egypt via measuring intergenerational educational achievements of youth aged 13 to 25 using cross-section household data from Egypt labour market panel survey 2012. According to the sample, youth account for approximately 22 per cent of the population, roughly 13 million individuals. The schooling-gap is assumed to be good proxy for individuals{u2018} future prospects, thus rendering educational achievement a measure of social mobility. The schooling gap is used to compute a social mobility index (SMI) for all Egypt and selected sub regions across alternative age groups and gender. Regression analysis is employed to relate the schooling gap to different socioeconomic regressors and household characteristics including household income and education. Fields decomposition is used to estimate the SMI and identify the percentage contribution of each regressor in explaining variance in social mobility. Differences in SMIs for various social classes are evaluated using bootstrapping methods. Social mobility estimates for all Egypt show high SMI, pioneering rural mobility achievements within a closing gender gap in favour of females and diminishing intra-familial discrimination reversing educational justice for the later generation. In anticipation for thriving future prospects via labour market returns, youth have achieved world class quasi convergence rates for schooling enrollment, quality notwithstanding