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The Evolution of the Structure of Employment and...

This paper examines the impact of trade openness on job quality through the... Read More

Date

April, 2026

No.

1827

Topic

N3. Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy

E2. Consumption, Saving, Production, Investment, Labor Markets, and Informal Economy

J2. Demand and Supply of Labor

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Household Appliances, Infrastructural Services and Married Women’s Unpaid...

This paper examines the impact of trade openness on job quality through the... Read More

Date

April, 2026

No.

1826

Topic

D1. Household Behavior and Family Economics

J2. Demand and Supply of Labor

J1. Demographic Economics

O1. Economic Development

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Making Trade Policy Innovation Friendly: What Role of...

This paper examines the impact of trade openness on job quality through the... Read More

Date

April, 2026

No.

1825

Topic

O3. Technological Change, Research and Development, Intellectual Property Rights

F1. Trade

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Women’s Employment and Gender Dynamics in the Arab...

This paper examines the impact of trade openness on job quality through the... Read More

Date

March, 2026

No.

SWP 2026-3

Topic

O3. Technological Change, Research and Development, Intellectual Property Rights

J1. Demographic Economics

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Women and the Green Economy in Arab Countries...

This paper examines the impact of trade openness on job quality through the... Read More

Date

March, 2026

No.

SWP 2026-2

Topic

O3. Technological Change, Research and Development, Intellectual Property Rights

Q5. Environmental Economics

J1. Demographic Economics

Full List of Working Papers

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Revisiting the Impact of Trade Openness on Informal and Irregular Employment in Egypt

This paper examines the impact of trade openness on job quality through the evolution of... Read More

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Do Sovereign Wealth Funds Dampen the Negative Effects of Commodity Price Volatility?

This paper studies the impact of commodity terms of trade (CToT) volatility on economic growth... Read More

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Incentive-Based Regulations and Bank Restructuring in Egypt

The Egyptian authorities undertook major banking reforms in the 1990s to create a more efficient... Read More

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Towards A Trade Policy for Palestine

International trade plays a pivotal role in the context of the Palestinian economy that goes... Read More

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Labor Market, Urban Poverty and Propoor Employment Policies

A complicated relationship exists between labor market mechanisms and poverty.  Poverty might arise from labor... Read More

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Investment Incentives, Marginal Effective Tax Rates and the Cost of Capital in Egypt

Although taxation is not the most important determinant of investment, it has a major impact... Read More

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Trade and Foreign Exchange Regime in Egypt

The objective of this paper is to examine the most important components of foreign trade... Read More

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