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Job Creation or Labor Absorption? An Analysis of Private Sector Job Growth in Egypt
Creating jobs, especially good jobs, is one of the greatest challenges facing Egypt. This paper ... read more
Pre – Birth Exposure to Ramadan, Height, and the Length of Gastation
The effect of pre-birth exposure to Ramadan, the Muslim month of fasting, on children’s height ... read more
Envy and the Islamic Revival: Experimental Evidence from Tunisia
The Islamic revival defined as the call for a resurgence of Islamic culture by opposition ... read more
Fiscal Outcomes in Bahrain: Oil Price Volatility, Fiscal Institutions or Politics?
The paper argues that political economy factors, rather than oil wealth, shape the budgetary process and ... read more
Economic Geography, Growth Dynamics and Human Capital Accumulation in Turkey: Evidence from Regional and Micro Data
This study explores the endogenous relationship among market access, wages and human capital accumulation in ... read more
Picking Winners at the Ballot Box: Votes and Local Economic Growth in Turkey
While there is systematic evidence of how governments affect policy outputs for strategic reasons, a ... read more
Structural Transformation in Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia: Patterns, Drivers and Constraints
This paper conducts an analysis of the structural transformation in three MENA countries, Tunisia, Morocco ... read more
Oil Price Volatility, Financial Institutions and Economic Growth
Theory attributes finance with the ability to both promote growth and reduce output volatility. But ... read more
Chronic Illness and Labor Market Participation in Arab Countries: Evidence from Egypt and Tunisia
This study examines the effect of chronic illness on labor force participation in Egypt and ... read more
Reforming Fiscal Institutions in Resource-Rich Arab Economies: Policy Proposals
This paper traces the evolution of fiscal institutions of Resource Rich Arab Economies (RRAEs) over ... read more
Schooling Choices’ Responses to Labor Market Shocks: Evidence From a Natural Experiment
This paper uses the closure of Israeli labor market to examine the effect of a ... read more
Oil Revenues Shocks and Inequality in Iran
We study the responses of income inequality to positive per capita oil and gas revenues ... read more
Armed Conflict and Child Labor: Evidence from Iraq
This paper examines the relationship between armed conflict intensity and child labor using household level ... read more
Does it Still Pay to Go to College in Egypt? Decomposition Analysis of Wage Differentials For College and Non-College Graduates
This paper analyzes the educational wage differentials among youth graduates in Egypt using a nationally ... read more
Does Central Bank Independence Matter in Arab Oil Exporters
The paper shows that central banks in Arab oil exporters are not independent. Low independence ... read more
Do More Productive Firms Pay Workers More? Evidence from Egypt
Theoretically, in perfectly competitive markets with full information, marginal productivity of labor and workers’ wages ... read more
