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Opening Up, Falling Behind: A Quasi-Natural Experiment for Informal Wages in Egypt
The informal sector is perceived as a buffer in crisis times in developing countries. Yet,... Read More
Investor Herding and Islamic Moral Economy and Finance: Evidence in the Islamic Banking Sector of the GCC Stock Market
This study examines the herding behavior in Islamic banking sector of the Gulf Cooperation Council... Read More
Gender Differences in Time Use in Jordan: Unpaid Caregiving and Female Employment
Using the 2025 wave of the Jordan Labor Market Panel Survey (JLMPS), this paper describes... Read More
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