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Introducing the Jordan Labor Market Panel Survey 2025

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  • Caroline Krafft

    (University of Minnesota)

  • Ragui Assaad

    (University of Minnesota)

  • Sara Ragab

    (University of Minnesota)

Abstract

This paper describes the 2025 wave of the Jordan Labor Market Panel Survey (JLMPS). The 2025 JLMPS is a longitudinal survey, following households and individuals fielded in waves in 2010 and 2016. Waves starting in 2016 included a refresher sample that over-sampled areas with a high share of non-Jordanians. This paper describes the design of the sample and questionnaire and provides comparisons for some of the main results with other recent data sources from Jordan. The 2025 JLMPS is consistent with other labor force statistics in terms of key labor force participation, employment, and unemployment rates for Jordanians in 2025, although there are sometimes differences among sub-groups and for non-Jordanians. Demographics (household size, age distributions, years of schooling) are also generally similar. The 2025 JLMPS thus provides an important opportunity to update our understanding of Jordan’s labor market and society.

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  • Caroline Krafft & Ragui Assaad & Sara Ragab, 2026. "Introducing the Jordan Labor Market Panel Survey 2025," Working Papers 1822, Economic Research Forum, revised 17 Mar 2026.
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    1. Caroline Krafft & Ragui Assaad & Isabel Pastoor, 2024. "How Do Gender Norms Shape Education and Domestic Work Outcomes? The Case of Syrian Refugee Adolescents in Jordan," Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 60(12), pages 1964-1993, December.
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    4. Krafft Caroline & Assaad Ragui, 2021. "Introducing the Jordan Labor Market Panel Survey 2016," IZA Journal of Development and Migration, Sciendo & Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit GmbH (IZA), vol. 12(1), pages 1-42, January.
    5. Ragui Assaad & Caroline Krafft, 2013. "The Egypt labor market panel survey: introducing the 2012 round," IZA Journal of Labor & Development, Springer;Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit GmbH (IZA), vol. 2(1), pages 1-30, December.
    6. Caroline Krafft & Elizabeth Kula & Maia Sieverding, 2021. "An investigation of Jordan’s fertility stall and resumed decline: The role of proximate determinants," Demographic Research, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany, vol. 45(19), pages 605-652.
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