Profile

Rami Galal is an Assistant Professor of Economics at The American University in Cairo. His research covers issues in development economics, labor economics, and inequality in the Middle East and North Africa. He has also worked with the World Bank, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia. He received his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of London (SOAS) and holds an MA in Economics from the American University in Cairo, and a BSc in Economics and Philosophy from Boston University.

Publications and Work in Progress

• Galal, Rami and Said, Mona. (2018). “The Evolution of Wage Formation and Inequality in Jordan”. In R. Assaad and C. Krafft (Eds.), The Jordanian Labor Market in the Face of External Shocks. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Forthcoming
• Galal, Rami, Said, Mona and Joekes, Susan. (2018). “Gender Diversity, Firm Productivity, and Wages”. Working Paper Series No. 1207. Egypt: Economic Research Forum
• Galal, Rami, and Malaeb, Bilal. (2018). “Migration and Child Labor in Egypt”. Presented at the American Economic Association 2018 Annual Conference
• El Enbaby, Hoda and Galal, Rami. (2015). “Inequality of Opportunity in Income and Wealth in Egypt”. Working Paper Series No. 952. Egypt: Economic Research Forum