Egyptian Industrial Firm Behavior Survey, EIFBS 2020/21

The 2020/21 Egyptian Industrial Firm Behavior Survey (EIFBS) dataset enables the examination of a wide spectrum of pertinent issues concerning the goods market in Egypt. The range of topics includes production structures, productivity, firm transitions, labor demand, trade, global value chains (GVCs), industrial zones, industrial policy, employment, informality, resilience, profitability, technology, innovation, IT and government support. Since the survey was administered during the COVID-19 pandemic, the majority of modules include information pre- and post- the crisis which allow the study of a number of issues around the effect on, resilience and survival of the Egyptian manufacturing firm. The data allow disaggregation by firm size, employment by gender, formality status and other characteristics of interest. In summary, the main objective of the survey is to provide high quality data that allows the examination of everything around the industrial firm in Egypt in ordinary times but also during a crisis.