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When Active Labor Market Policies Increase Unemployment: An Assessment of The Impact of The Employment Agencies Program in Algeria
This paper examines the impact on labor force behavior of the employment agencies program adopted... Read More
Female Headship and Poverty in The Arab Region: Analysis of Trends and Dynamics Based on A New Typology
Various challenges are thought to render female-headed households (FHHs) vulnerable to poverty in the Arab... Read More
Structural Domestic Conditions, Regional and International Financial Integrations: Evidence from MENA
This paper investigates the effects of international (IFI) and regional financial integrations (RFI) on structural... Read More
A Geospatial Analysis of Food Insecurity Among Refugee Households in Lebanon Using Machine Learning Techniques
This study integrates geospatial analysis with machine learning to understand the interplay and spatial dependencies... Read More
GVCs and Labor Market Outcomes: Evidence from MENA
This paper studies the role of global value chains (GVC) participation in fostering labor market... Read More
Higher Participation but Lower Pay? Occupational Segregation and The Wage Penalty in Turkey
Women’s labor market participation rate in Turkey hit its lowest value in the mid 2000s... Read More
Women’s Work and Children’s Development Outcomes: The Influence of Employment Types
High inequality of opportunities for early childhood development is a major social challenge in the... Read More
Deindustrialization and Growth in MENA Countries: A Focus on Tunisia
This paper analyzes the pattern of deindustrialization in MENA countries to emphasize its main features... Read More
Explaining The Gender Gap in Access to Traditional and Digital Financial Integration in The Aftermath of Covid-19: A Case Study of Palestine
This research investigates the factors contributing to the traditional and digital financial inclusion (FI) gender... Read More