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A Quarter Century of Changes in Labor Force Participation
This paper examines the changes in the determinants of labor force participation over time, using... Read More
Catastrophic and Impoverishing Effects of Out-Of-Pocket Health Expenditure: New Evidence from Egypt
Conventional poverty estimates do not take into account out-of-pocket (OOP) health payments. OOP health payments... Read More
Economic Features of the Arab Spring
This paper analyzes the economic factors that lie behind the upheavals commonly known as the... Read More
Do Natural Resources Inhibit Transparency?
Using a new dataset on transparency across 177 countries from 1970 to 2010 and new... Read More
The 2007 Credit Crisis: A Long-term View
Abstract It is fair to say that the 2007 Credit Crisis was born a year... Read More
On the Linkage between Monetary Policy and MENA Stock Markets
Abstract Relatively little empirical evidence is available that estimates the relationship between asset price movements... Read More
Informality in Egypt: a Stepping Stone or a Dead End?
Abstract In the last few decades, the informal sector has played a major role in... Read More
To What Extent Can Profit Margin, Value Added Growth and Ownership Concentration Portrait Corporate Governance Systems?
Abstract This paper examines how product market competition and corporate governance variables affect differently the... Read More
Intrahousehold Resource Allocation in Egypt: Women Empowerment and Investment in Children
Abstract In this paper, we use the 2006 Egypt Labor Market Panel Survey to gauge... Read More