Effects of the Global Crisis on the Egyptian Textiles and Clothing Sector: A Blessing in Disguise?

Table 14

Sample job losses by gender and employee formality status (2007–2009).

	Formal	Informal	Females	Males	Total
Job losses	1,464	202	721	945	1,666
Share in job losses	88%	12%	43%	57%	100%
% Change in employment 2007–2009	−2.9%	−10%	−3.4%	−2.98%	−3.2%
Total sample employment in 2007	50711	2112	21148	31675	52823
Share in total employment in 2007	96%	4%	40%	60%	100%

Source: Author’s calculation based on firm questionnaire [6] using sampling weights.