Dr May Ehab

ongoing Projects

• Diskriminierung und Namensunterschiede bei Bewerbungen
• Report on the labor market integration of refugees who have arrived in Germany between 2013 and 2019 using the IAB-BAMF-SOEP Refugee Survey
• Gender employment gaps of Syrian refugees in Germany, Turkey, and Lebanon
• IAB-BAMF-SOEP Survey of Refugees

finished Projects

• Continuation: Was there something? The Perception of Discrimination in Germany
• Was there something? The Perception of Discrimination in Germany
• 4th Networking Meeting on Migration and Gender

• Beliefs about equality of opportunity in the labor market: Providing more information can raise awareness of inequalities in labor market opportunities

  Ehab, M. & Keita, S. (2025): Wahrnehmung von Chancengleichheit auf dem Arbeitsmarkt: Mehr Information kann das Bewusstsein für ungleiche Arbeitsmarktchancen schärfen. (IAB-Kurzbericht 23/2025), Nürnberg, 8 p. DOI:10.48720/IAB.KB.2523

• Family Formation and Occupational Status: Premium or Penalties for Women?

  Ehab, M. (2025): Family Formation and Occupational Status: Premium or Penalties for Women? In: Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, Vol. 99. DOI:10.1016/j.rssm.2025.101075

• Syrische Arbeitskräfte in Deutschland

  Brücker, H., Ehab, M., Hauptmann, A., Jaschke, P., Koch, M. & Kosyakova, Y. (2024): Syrische Arbeitskräfte in Deutschland. (Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung. Aktuelle Daten und Indikatoren), Nürnberg, 16 p.

• On the draft law to modernise unemployment insurance and employment promotion - SGB III Modernisation Act. Statement of the IAB on the public hearing in the Committee for Labour and Social Affairs of the German Bundestag on 4-11-2024

  Anger, S., Berger, F., Bernhard, S., Bruckmeier, K., Ehab, M., Falkenhain, M., Feldens, S., Fitzenberger, B., Fuchs, P., Globisch, C., Hauptmann, A., Jahn, E., Jaschke, P., Kassam, K., Kosyakova, Y., Kupka, P., Janssen, S., Leber, U., Lerche, A., Oberfichtner, M., Reims, N., Röhrer, S., Sandner, M., Schels, B., Senghaas, M., Wolff, J., Wiemers, J., Weber, E., Tübbicke, S., Toussaint, C., Stephan, G. & Sommer, M. (2024): Zum Entwurf eines Gesetzes zur Modernisierung der Arbeitslosenversicherung und Arbeitsförderung – SGB-III-Modernisierungsgesetz. Stellungnahme des IAB zur öffentlichen Anhörung im Ausschuss für Arbeit und Soziales des Deutschen Bundestags am 4.11.2024. (IAB-Stellungnahme 06/2024), Nürnberg, 40 p. DOI:10.48720/IAB.SN.2406

• Informal employment in the health sector: Examining gender disparities

  Ehab, M. & Mossad, F. (2025): Informal employment in the health sector: Examining gender disparities. In: International Journal of Social Welfare, Vol. 34, No. 2. DOI:10.1111/ijsw.12704

• Refugee women in different household constellations: Women without a partner and without children are more likely to participate in the labor market

  Ehab, M., Goßner, L., Kosyakova, Y. & Schreyer, F. (2024): Geflüchtete Frauen in unterschiedlichen Haushaltskonstellationen: Frauen ohne Partner und ohne Kinder nehmen am häufigsten am Erwerbssystem teil. (IAB-Kurzbericht 14/2024), Nürnberg, 8 p. DOI:10.48720/IAB.KB.2414

• Labor market integration of refugees: Improved institutional settings promote employment

  Brücker, H., Ehab, M., Jaschke, P. & Kosyakova, Y. (2024): Labor market integration of refugees: Improved institutional settings promote employment. (IAB-Kurzbericht 10/2024 (en)), Nürnberg, 8 p. DOI:10.48720/IAB.KB.2410.en

• “Institutional hurdles slow the integration of refugees down” (Interview)

  Winters, J.; Jaschke, P. & Ehab, M. (interviewed person) (2024): “Institutional hurdles slow the integration of refugees down” (Interview). In: IAB-Forum No. 25.07.2024. DOI:10.48720/IAB.FOO.20240725.01

• Institutionelle Hürden beeinflussen Umfang und Qualität der Erwerbstätigkeit von Geflüchteten

  Brücker, H., Ehab, M., Jaschke, P. & Kosyakova, Y. (2024): Institutionelle Hürden beeinflussen Umfang und Qualität der Erwerbstätigkeit von Geflüchteten. (IAB-Forschungsbericht 12/2024), Nürnberg, 46 p. DOI:10.48720/IAB.FB.2412

• Labor market integration of refugees: Improved institutional settings promote employment

  Brücker, H., Ehab, M., Jaschke, P. & Kosyakova, Y. (2024): Arbeitsmarktintegration von Geflüchteten: Verbesserte institutionelle Rahmenbedingungen fördern die Erwerbstätigkeit. (IAB-Kurzbericht 10/2024 (de)), Nürnberg, 8 p. DOI:10.48720/IAB.KB.2410

• Employment and mental health of youth in Egypt: Does job security matter?

  Ehab, M. (2023): Employment and mental health of youth in Egypt: Does job security matter? In: SSM - Mental Health, Vol. 3. DOI:10.1016/j.ssmmh.2023.100201

• Commuting Time : effect on Labor Supply and Wages

  Ehab, M. (2022): Commuting Time : effect on Labor Supply and Wages. In: International journal of transport economics, Vol. XLIX, No. 3/4, p. 305-326. DOI:10.19272/202206704001

• Women’s employment exits in Egypt: the roles of marriage, children, job characteristics, and women’s empowerment

  Ehab, M. (2022): Women’s employment exits in Egypt: the roles of marriage, children, job characteristics, and women’s empowerment. In: Middle East Development Journal, Vol. 14, No. 2, p. 282-302. DOI:10.1080/17938120.2022.2138617

• Social Protection and Vulnerability in Egypt: A Gendered Analysis

  Selwaness, I. & Ehab, M. (2022): Social Protection and Vulnerability in Egypt: A Gendered Analysis. In: C. Krafft & R. Assaad (Hrsg.) (2022): The Egyptian Labor Market: A Focus on Gender and Economic Vulnerability.

• Employment transitions of youth and health implications in Egypt

  Ehab, M. (2019): Employment transitions of youth and health implications in Egypt. (Working paper / Economic Research Forum for the Arab Countries, Iran and Turkey 1365), Kairo, 19 p.

• The determinants of job satisfaction in the Egyptian labor market

  Ezzat, A. & Ehab, M. (2019): The determinants of job satisfaction in the Egyptian labor market. In: Review of Economics and Political Science, Vol. 4, No. 1, p. 54-72. DOI:10.1108/REPS-10-2018-012

• The Commuting Gender Gap and Females' Participation and Earnings in the Egyptian Labor Market

  Ehab, M. (2018): The Commuting Gender Gap and Females' Participation and Earnings in the Egyptian Labor Market. (Working paper / Economic Research Forum for the Arab Countries, Iran and Turkey 1211), Kairo, 40 p.

• Construction Supply Chain, Inter-Sectoral Linkages and Contribution to Economic Growth: The Case of Egypt

  Esam, M. & Ehab, M. (2017): Construction Supply Chain, Inter-Sectoral Linkages and Contribution to Economic Growth: The Case of Egypt. In: Review of Economics and Political Science, Vol. 2, No. 2, p. 3-50. DOI:10.12816/0040031

• Fixed-term employment and subjective well-being: A comparison of natives, migrants and refugees (im Erscheinen)

  Goßner, L. & Ehab, M. (2025): Fixed-term employment and subjective well-being: A comparison of natives, migrants and refugees (im Erscheinen). In: Work, Employment and Society.