This paper investigates how the labor supply of older workers, in Egypt,
was affected by the introduction of Economic Reforms and Structural Adjustment
Policies in the 90’s. Using cross-sectional Egyptian databases conducted
in 1988, 1998 and 2006, a multivariate probit is estimated to evaluate evolution
in the relationship between age and three labor variables: Labor force
participation (LFP), legal status of employment (formal versus informal) and
weekly hours-of-work. Results indicate that older workers (50 or more) have
experienced a decline in their LFP as well as in their opportunities of formal
employment in 1998 and 2006, i.e. after reform policies, as compared to 1988,
their situation before.