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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
Financial Technology As A Driver of Financial Inclusion and Inclusive Development in the MENA Region: Risks and Opportunities
The digital divide in the financial sector has occurred through the development of financial technologies.... Read More
Bank Leverage Cycles and the External Finance Premium in Tunisia, a DSGE Model Approach
The 2007-2008 financial crisis abruptly ended a long period of economic stability, prompting economists to... Read More
A Spatial Analysis of MENA Economic Convergence
Despite the presence of a vast body economic growth literature, most growth empirical studies treat... Read More
False Negatives: Earnings Underreporting, Tax Overreporting in Surveys Worldwide
Household survey incomes are subject to misreporting and measurement issues biasing the static and dynamic... Read More
The Inequality, Economic Growth, Climate Change and Natural Disasters Nexus: Empirical Evidence
This paper investigates the integrated paradigm between economic growth, income inequality, climate change and natural... Read More