indirectly affected by rising export demand. Furthermore, we examine potential impacts on specific worker groups, such as high …

present a simplified general equilibrium model inspired by Melitz (2003) with two sectors: one able to export and one "reserve … export expansion, this is not occurring at a large enough scale to be felt at the macro level. To seize the benefits of trade …, Egypt requires deeper business environment reforms to incentivize large export, labor-intensive sector growth and integrate …