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How Prices Change in a High-Inflation Economy: Evidence for Menu Cost Models
This paper provides evidence on two features of menu-cost pricing in a high-inflation economy. Using... Read More
Women’s Labor Force Attachment in Jordan: Understanding Attrition, Retention, and Re-Entry
This paper examines women’s medium-run labor force trajectories in Jordan using the 2010–2016 Jordan Labor... Read More
Shaping Egypt’s Sectoral Positioning in Global Value Chains: The Role of Bilateral Real Exchange Rate
Global value chains (GVCs) have become a key mechanism for structural transformation in developing economies,... Read More
Micro-Level Estimation of Poverty in Iran: Evidence from 2016 Census Data
Effective poverty alleviation requires identifying deprived populations at a geographic scale that is small enough... Read More
Equal Opportunity Stagnation: Intergenerational Income Mobility in Iran
This paper examines intergenerational economic mobility in Iran using a synthetic panel constructed from repeated... Read More
Why Do They Walk Away: Understanding Microcredit Client Dropout in Egypt’s Microfinance Sector from the Loan Officer’s Perspective
Microfinance has been operating in Egypt since the early 1980s. This paper investigates the slight... Read More
How Exposed Are Workers in MENA to AI? Evidence on Employment Risk and Task Complementarity
Generative artificial intelligence (AI) is taking over production processes worldwide and is making inroads even... Read More
From Connectivity to Competitiveness: How Digitalization Shapes Firm Integration into Global Value Chains in the MENA Region
This article analyzes the role of digitalization in the integration of companies from six countries... Read More
Health Insurance and Financial Protection: Evidence from Egypt
The paper exploits a natural experiment, through the phased roll-out of Egypt’s Universal Health Insurance... Read More