Yasmine Abdelfattah

Yasmine Abdelfattah holds a PhD in Statistics and a master’s degree in Econometrics and Statistics from the Faculty of Economics and Political Science at Cairo University, as well as a bachelor’s degree in Statistics and Economics. She is an Assistant Professor of Statistics at the University of Prince Edward Island – Cairo Campus and an adjunct professor at the American University in Cairo, as well as the University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (hosted by Cairo University). She has expertise in development economics, labor economics, climate change, applied statistics, spatial econometrics, and randomized control trials, with a regional focus on the MENA region and Sub-Saharan Africa.

The project

Title: Lifetime and Intergenerational Labor Market Transitions in MENA: Exploring the Impact of Climate Shocks

"This project investigates how climate shocks shape labor market dynamics over the life course and across generations in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Using rich household and labor panel surveys matched with climate data, the study examines how rising temperatures and changing rainfall patterns influence shifts in employment—particularly movement out of agriculture, the region’s most climate-vulnerable sector. It distinguishes between lifetime and intergenerational labor mobility and explores how climate risks impact men and women differently. The project also looks at how education, urban exposure, and wealth affect people’s ability to adapt to climate stress. It explores how people move between jobs in different sectors over time and investigates how climate shocks can deepen social and economic inequalities across generations. The findings aim to support the development of inclusive and climate-resilient labor policies in MENA."

Hosting institution: IMAF, Aubervilliers

Selected bibliography

• Abdelfattah, Yasmine, Adnan, Wifag, Sangwan, Nikita (2025). "Global Freelancing Platforms, Signaling and Labor Market Outcomes." American Economics Affiliation RCT Registry. April 03.
  https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.15644-1.0
• Elshal, Amira, Mostafa, Eman, Rostom, Nada, Abdelfattah, Yasmine (2024), “Social Safety Nets and Food Insecurity in MENA in the Time of COVID-19,” The European Journal of Development Research (Q2/ B).
• Abou-Ali, Hala, Hawash, Ronia, Ali, Rahma, Abdelfattah, Yasmine and Hassan, Megahed (2022)," Is it getting too hot to work? Investigating the impact of climate change on labour supply in the MENA region,” Applied Economics, DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2022.2107165 (Q2/ A).
• Abdelfattah, Yasmine, Abu-Qarn, Aamer, Dunne, Paul and Zaher, Shadwa (2014), “The Demand for Military Spending in Egypt,” Defence and Peace Economics, Volume 25, pages 231-245 (Q1/ B).
• Abou-Ali, Hala and Abdelfattah, Yasmine (2013), “Integrated Paradigm for Sustainable Development: A Panel Data Study,” Economic Modelling, Volume 30, Pages 334-342 (Q1/ A).