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Does Precarious Employment Damage Youth Mental Health, Wellbeing, and Marriage? Evidence from Egypt Using Longitudinal Data
The work environment has witnessed dramatic changes over the past three decades as a result... Read More
How to Use Oil Revenues Efficiently
Oil-rich countries systematically misallocate public expenditures relative to non-oil countries--by favoring consumption over capital, and... Read More
A Typology Analysis of Agricultural Empowerment Profiles in Rural Egypt with a Particular Focus on Women
The current study examines the extent of empowerment for different types of women in Egypt’s... Read More
Ethnic Discrimination in the Turkish Labor Market: Evidence From Survey and Field Data
The labor market consequences of ethnic conflict between Kurds and Turks in Turkey are not... Read More
School-to-Work Transition in Jordan, 2010-2016
This paper presents an analysis of the school-to-work transition in Jordan from 2010 to 2016... Read More
Housing and Living Conditions In Jordan—2010-2016
This paper uses a new and original dataset, the Jordan Labor Market Panel Survey (JLMPS)... Read More
Impact of Refugees on Immigrants’ Labor Market Outcomes
The Syrian refugee influx in Jordan came on top of an additional 1.6 million foreigners... Read More
Jordan’s fertility stall and resumed decline: an investigation of demographic factors
From the late 1990s until 2010, the fertility transition in Jordan was stalled, with the... Read More
The Dynamics of Family Formation and Women’s Work: What Facilitates and Hinders Female Employment in the Middle East and North Africa?
This paper investigates the dynamic relationship between family formation and women’s employment, a previously unexplored... Read More