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The Distributional Consequences of Economic Growth and Public Spending Programs in Iran
This paper employs a quantile regression method and household expenditure surveys to assess the general... Read More
How Does Reducing Years of Compulsory Schooling Affect Education and Labor Market Outcomes in a Developing Country?
At the end of the 1980’s, Egypt introduced a policy change to its pre-university education... Read More
Natural Resources, Incentives and Human Capital: Reinterpreting the Curse
We offer an alternative mechanism for the curse of natural resources. In this mechanism, natural... Read More
Are We Sure About the Effects of the Egyptian Uprisings? A SURE Approach
Four years after the historic uprising of the Egyptians in January 2011, we aim to... Read More
The Pros and Cons of Formalizing Informal MSES in the Palestinian Economy
The objective of this paper is to explore the factors that affect the size of... Read More
Comprendre l’utilisation de la Recherche en Sciences Sociales Par les Organisations de la Société Civile: La Leçon Marocaine
The objective of this paper is to contribute to the understanding of the factors explaining... Read More
Formal-Informal Gap in Return to Schooling and Penalty to Education-Occupation Mismatch: A Comparative Study for Egypt, Jordan, and Palestine
This paper is a comparative study for three labor economies in the Middle East (Egypt,... Read More
Informality and Poverty: A Causality Dilemma with Application to Egypt
This paper analyzed the inverse causality between informality and poverty in Egypt, in addition to... Read More
Public Spending Efficiency, Governance, and Political and Economic Policies: Is there a Substantial Causal Relation? Evidence from Selected MENA Countries
In this paper, we first seek a robust methodology for the estimation of the relative... Read More