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Labor Market Effects of Pension Reform: An Overlapping Generations General Equilibrium Model Applied to Tunisia
This paper develops an overlapping general equilibrium framework to capture the interactions among pension reform,... Read More
The Effect of Survivors’ Benefits on Poverty and Health Indicators of Women and Children in Widowed-Mother Households: A Turkish Case Study
Survivors' benefits are cash payments made by government to family members when a worker dies.... Read More
Does Microcredit Reduce Gender Gap in Employment? An Application of Decomposition Analysis to Egypt
In this paper, we examine the impact of microcredit on labor supply of men and... Read More
Inequality Decomposition in the Arab Region: Application to Jordan, Egypt, Palestine and Tunisia
Economic inequality across socio-demographic groups in the Arab region is high and growing. This paper... Read More
Decomposing Welfare Inequality in Egypt and Tunisia: An Oaxaca-Blinder Based Approach
In order to understand the main drivers of welfare inequality in Egypt and Tunisia, the... Read More
Do International Remittances Affect the Performance of Labor Market in Jordan? An Empirical Investigation
The current study examines the effect of international remittances on labor supply decisions of women... Read More
Social Transfers and Income Inequality in Turkey: How Important Is the Gender Dimension?
The main purpose of this project is to carry out descriptive analyses to determine the... Read More
Services Trade Policy and Manufacturing Productivity: The Role of Institutions
We study the effect of services trade restrictions on manufacturing productivity for a broad cross-section... Read More
Socio-Economic Inequalities in Maternity Care Under Political Instability: Evidence From Egypt, Jordan and Yemen
Medical care during pregnancy is crucial for protecting women from health risks during and after... Read More