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Harnessing Administrative Data for Impact: The Case of Jordan’s Unified Cash Transfer Programme
Over the past decade and a half, Jordan has been facing structural challenges like rising... Read More
Stuck in War: The PKK Conflict and Intergenerational Outcomes in Türkiye
This study examines the long-term effects of the PKK conflict in Turkiye, using a difference-in-differences... Read More
School-to-Work Transition in Jordan, 2010-2025
This paper investigates the school-to-work transition in Jordan using three waves of the Jordan Labor... Read More
Financial Inclusion for Inclusive Growth
This paper examines how financial inclusion, among other factors, shapes the transition to inclusive and... Read More
Innovation Activities and Sustainable Firm Growth in Arab Countries: The Role of Bank Funding, Institutional Quality and Bank Competition
The objective of this study is to explore the curvilinear relationship between innovation and sustainable... Read More
Agency in Transition: Evidence on Women’s Empowerment in Jordan (2010–2025)
Using data from the Jordan Labor Market Panel Survey waves of 2010, 2016, and 2025,... Read More
The Effect of the “Woman, Life, Freedom” Protests on Life Satisfaction in Iran: Evidence from Survey Data
The "Woman, Life, Freedom" (WLF) protests in Iran, ignited by Mahsa Amini’s death in 2022,... Read More
Informality and Heterogeneity: Assessing Monetary Policy Transmission in Tunisia
We evaluate the transmission of monetary policy in an economy characterized by heterogeneous households and... Read More
Shocks and Coping for Jordanians and Syrians
This paper examines household vulnerability, shock exposure, and coping strategies among Jordanian nationals and Syrians... Read More