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Young Gazelles and Aging Turtles: Understanding the Determinants of Employment Creation in the Labor Market in MENA Countries
The Middle East region has suffered from major unemployment problems that constituted a chief determinant... Read More
Information and Communication Technologies and Employment Generation in Turkish Manufacturing Industry
This study aims to examine the impact of the use of Information and Communication Technologies... Read More
The Effect of Public Sector on Private Jobs: Evidence From the Occupied West Bank
This paper estimates the short run effect of creating more public jobs on private employment... Read More
In Search of A New Development Model For Tunisia: Assessing the Performance of the Offshore Regime
The main purpose of this paper is to examine the offshore regime in Tunisia and... Read More
The Political Economy of Macroeconomic Policy in Arab Resource- Rich Economies
Revisiting macroeconomic policies and outcomes of Arab resource-rich economies (RREs), this paper synthesizes the political... Read More
Fiscal- Monetary Interdependence and Exchange Rate Regimes in Oil Dependent Arab Economies
This paper contributes to the literature on the interdependence between fiscal and monetary policies in... Read More
Oil, Volatility and Institutions: Cross-Country Evidence From Major Oil Producers
This paper examines the long-run effects of oil revenue and its volatility on economic growth... Read More
Education and the Allocation of Time of Married Women in Iran
In the past two decades Iranian women have become much better educated and reduced their... Read More
Muslim Youth Unemployment and Expat Jihadism- Bored to Death?
While the presence of foreign fighters in military conflict has been a regular ingredient of... Read More