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Gender Discrimination in the Tunisian Labor Market: The Youth Crisis
This paper combines micro-level and macro-level approaches into a unified empirical design to understand the... Read More
Measuring Vulnerability to Multidimensional Poverty in Tunisia: Dual cut-off method and Fuzzy Sets approach
The aim of this paper is to measure the vulnerability of multidimensional poverty in Tunisia.... Read More
Education Interrupted: Enrollment, Attainment, and Dropout of Syrian Refugees in Jordan
Education is a key means to integrate refugee populations into their host countries, as well... Read More
Growth and Environmental Degradation in MENA Countries: Methodological Issues and Empirical Evidence
A large number of studies on the validity of the environmental Kuznets curve for MENA... Read More
The Structure of Employment and Job Creation in Jordan: 2010-2016
In this paper, we analyze the structure of employment and job creation in Jordan over... Read More
Consumer Preferences and Market Structure in Credit Card Markets: Evidence from Turkey
Using a discrete choice random utility model and unique data from a nationwide consumer survey,... Read More
The Promise and Peril of Youth Entrepreneurship in MENA
Entrepreneurship is promoted by government policies and international agencies as a solution to high rates... Read More
Optimal Government Size and Economic Growth in Developing and MENA Countries: A Dynamic Panel Threshold Analysis
This paper aims to investigate the optimal government size as well as its effect on... Read More
Financial Liquidity, Geopolitics, and Oil Prices
This paper aims simultaneously to study the global dynamic relationship of oil prices, financial liquidity,... Read More