Wasseem Mina

Wasseem Mina

Associate Professor, United Arab Emirates University

Wasseem Mina is an associate Professor at United Arab Emirates University. His research focuses on topics related to International Finance, Public Finance, Labor Economics and Economic Development. He received his Ph.D in Economics from Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University. He is an ERF research fellow.

Areas of Interest:

  • International Finance
  • Public Finance
  • Economic Development
  • Labor Economics 

Education:

  • Ph.D., Economics, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University, 2002
  • M.A., Economics, University of Manchester, United Kingdom, 1990

Experience:

  • Associate Professor, United Arab Emirates University, College of Business and Economics, Department of Innovation in Government and Society (Formerly Department of Economics and Finance), 2011-Present
  • Visiting Scholar, United Nations University-World Institute of Development Economics Research, Helsinki, July-August 2009.
  • Assistant Professor, United Arab Emirates University, College of Business and Economics, Department of Economics, 2004-2011

Latest of Publications:

  • Mina, Wasseem. 2020. “Social Protection Expenditures and Performance-Pay” Review of Development Finance, 10 (2): 38-61.
  • Mina, Wasseem. 2020. “Labor Market Policies and Youth Unemployment in the GCC Countries” Empirical Economics Letters, 19 (2). ISSN 1681-8997
  • Mina, Wasseem. 2020 “Do GCC Market-Oriented Labor Policies Encourage Inward FDI Flows?” Research in International Business and Finance (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ribaf.2019.101092)
  • Mina, Wasseem. 2019. “Diaspora and Government Welfare Spending: Do Migrant Remittances Increase Public Social Protection?” Economic Notes (DOI: 10.1111/ecno.12141).
  • Mina, Wasseem. 2017. “Institutional Clusters and FDI Flows to the MENA Region”, In Empirical Studies on Economics of Innovation, Public Economics and Management: Proceedings of the 18th Eurasia Business and Economics Society Conference, edited by M.H. Bilgin et al. (pp. 243-252). DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-50164-2_14. Part of the Eurasian Studies in Business and Economics book series (EBES, volume 6).
MEDJ – ERF Middle East Development Journal: June 2023

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June, 2023

ERF Journal
Labor Market Policies and FDI Flows to GCC Countries

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May, 2018

Working Papers
The Race to the Top: Institutional Clusters and World FDI Shares

Areas of Interest: International Finance Public Finance Economic Development Labor Economics  Education: Ph.D., Economics, Andrew Young School of... Read More

September, 2017

Working Papers
BIT Contracting and FDI Impact in the GCC Countries

Areas of Interest: International Finance Public Finance Economic Development Labor Economics  Education: Ph.D., Economics, Andrew Young School of... Read More

September, 2008

Working Papers
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