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Factors Influencing Informal Workers’ Participation in Health Insurance in Sudan: Evidence from Khartoum and Kassala States
This study investigates the factors that influence the participation of the informal workers in health ... read more
Is Oil Wealth Good for Private Sector Development?
When do autocratic rulers in oil-producing countries support private sector development? We argue that the ... read more
The Division of Ownership and Control in Listed Jordanian Firms
Firms listed on the Amman Stock Exchange (ASE) represent an important part of the economic ... read more
Firm Performance and Agglomeration Effects: Evidence from Tunisian Firm-level Data
Using Tunisian manufacturing data between 1998 and 2004 and by referring to multilevel approach, this ... read more
A New Dawn for MENA Firms: Service Trade Liberalization for More Competitive Exports
With the ongoing debates on the Doha Agenda, micro-level empirical evidence has emerged to highlight ... read more
English Skills, Labour Market Status and Earnings of Turkish Women
In this paper, we investigate the effect of the level of English skills on the ... read more
Time-Varying Casual Nexuses Between Remittances and Financial Development in Some MENA Countries
This paper examines the causality between remittances (REMs) and financial sector development (FD) in MENA ... read more
Unemployment and Violent Extremism: Evidence from Daesh Foreign Recruits
Transnational terrorist organizations such as the Islamic State (also known as Daesh) have shown an ... read more
Cronyism, firms’ Productivity and Informal Competition in Egypt
This paper investigates the role of informal firms’ competition in determining the micro-level effect of ... read more
Efficiency Assessment of Tunisian Public hospitals Using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA)
In the recent past years, Tunisia pursued a national policy on health which was directed ... read more
Labor Market Activities of Syrian Refugees in Turkey
Drawing on data from a survey of 1,235 Syrian refugees, this article examines individual, cohort ... read more
Perceptions of Service Access in a Context of Marginalization: The Case of Young People in Informal Greater Cairo
In Egypt it is estimated that the majority of the country’s 40 million urban residents, ... read more
The Number and Characteristics of Syrians in Jordan: A Multi-Source Analysis
Jordan has experienced a substantial influx of refugees from Syria since 2011. The Jordanian government ... read more
Socioeconomic Status and the Changing Nature of School-to-Work Transitions in Egypt, Jordan and Tunisia
This paper examines the evolution of initial labor market outcomes across cohorts of school leavers ... read more
Identifying Global and National Output and Fiscal Policy ShocksUsing a GVAR
The paper contributes to the growing global VAR (GVAR) literature by showing how global and ... read more
Spatial Drivers of Firm Entry in Iran
Given the importance of entry promotion to prompt economic growth and promote structural transformation, this ... read more
