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Where Have All the Mothers Gone? COVID and...

We develop a theoretical model and derive conditions under which firms with market... Read More

Date

October, 2026

No.

1847

Topic

I1. Health

J2. Demand and Supply of Labor

J1. Demographic Economics

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Micro-Level Estimation of Poverty in Iran: Evidence from...

We develop a theoretical model and derive conditions under which firms with market... Read More

Date

October, 2026

No.

1846

Topic

C3. Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models

I3. Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty

O1. Economic Development

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Do Household Enterprise Dynamics Help Workers Climb the...

We develop a theoretical model and derive conditions under which firms with market... Read More

Date

October, 2026

No.

1845

Topic

J4. Particular Labor Markets

J6. Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers

J2. Demand and Supply of Labor

J1. Demographic Economics

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Conflict Intensity and Nascent Entrepreneurship: Evidence from Iraq

We develop a theoretical model and derive conditions under which firms with market... Read More

Date

October, 2026

No.

1844

Topic

L2. Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior

O5. Economywide Country Studies

D7. Analysis of Collective Decision-Making

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The Impact of the EU’s Emissions Trading System...

We develop a theoretical model and derive conditions under which firms with market... Read More

Date

October, 2026

No.

1843

Topic

Q4. Energy

Q5. Environmental Economics

O1. Economic Development

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Standards and Market Power: Evidence from Tunisia

We develop a theoretical model and derive conditions under which firms with market power try... Read More

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To Bank or Not to Bank: The Determination of Cash Holdings and Lines of Credit

This paper investigates two liquidity choices of listed Jordanian firms: internal represented by cash holdings... Read More

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Economic Voting Under Single-Party and Coalition Governments: Evidence From The Turkish Case

Strength of economic voting under single-party and coalition governments is investigated in the case of... Read More

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How Gender Biased Are Female-Headed Household Transfers in Egypt?

In this paper, we claim that the policy of targeting female-headed households’ (FHHs) may generate... Read More

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Collusion Detection in Public Procurement with Limited Information

Public procurement data sets usually lack detailed data that are needed to implement existing methods.... Read More

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The Effect of Mothers’ Employment on Youth Gender Role Attitudes: Evidence From Egypt

Cross-nationally, having a working mother during childhood is associated with more egalitarian attitudes among both... Read More

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