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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
Market Integration in the Ottoman Balkans and the Middle East from the Sixteenth Century Until World War I
Using a large body of mostly archival price data, this study examines wheat market integration... Read More
Financialization and Income Inequality
This study aims to explore the nonlinear impact of financial integration on income inequality in... Read More
The Quality of Green and ICT Jobs in Jordan: Evidence from the JLMPS 2025
As Jordan advances its Economic Modernization Vision (EMV), the expansion of high-value, future-oriented sectors—particularly information... Read More