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De Facto Exchange Rate Policies in the MENA Region: Toward Deeper Cooperation
The adoption of exchange rate policy coordination and cooperation within a regional framework becomes a... Read More
General or Vocational? Evidence on School Choice Returns, and “Sheep Skin” Effects From Egypt 1998
The debate on the relative benefits of upper secondary vocational education and of general education... Read More
Industrial Energy Policy: A Case Study of the Demand in Kuwait
The purpose of building the industrial energy demand model was to assess the impact of... Read More
Unemployment Rate in the United Arab Emirates: The Case of Abu Dhabi
Unemployment is a critical social and economic problem in both developed and developing countries. This... Read More
Productive Efficiency in Bahrain Economy
The main objective of this study is to measure and analyze one of the most... Read More
Islamic Banks Participation, Concentration and Profitability: Evidence From MENA Countries
Using cross-country bank level data, this paper examines the performance of Islamic banks in a... Read More
Transporting Turkish Exam Takers: A New Use for an Old Model
This paper argues that the transportation model of linear programming can be used to administer... Read More
Upward or Downward: Occupational Mobility and Return Migration
We study the extent to which temporary overseas migration enables returnees to climb the occupational... Read More
Exploring the Determinants of Welfare Distribution in Tunisia and Egypt Using a Welfare Generation Model
The present paper intends to identify the main driving factors of the distribution of welfare... Read More