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Bridging Education and Fertility: Unraveling the Role of...

This paper examines the changes in wage inequality over the period 2009-16 in... Read More

Date

June, 2025

No.

1780

Topic

I14 Health and Inequality

J1. Demographic Economics

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Domestic and External Determinants of Inflation: An Empirical...

This paper examines the changes in wage inequality over the period 2009-16 in... Read More

Date

June, 2025

No.

1779

Topic

E3. Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles

E5. Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit

E6. Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook

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The Missing Link: When GVC Does Not Matter...

This paper examines the changes in wage inequality over the period 2009-16 in... Read More

Date

June, 2025

No.

1778

Topic

L1. Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance

F1. Trade

O1. Economic Development

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Does the Inverted U-Shaped Kuznets Environmental Curve Hold...

This paper examines the changes in wage inequality over the period 2009-16 in... Read More

Date

May, 2025

No.

1777

Topic

Q5. Environmental Economics

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The Role of FDI in Boosting Peacebuilding in...

This paper examines the changes in wage inequality over the period 2009-16 in... Read More

Date

May, 2025

No.

1775

Topic

E2. Consumption, Saving, Production, Investment, Labor Markets, and Informal Economy

F2. International Factor Movements and International Business

J1. Demographic Economics

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On Decomposing the Changes in Wage Inequality in Palestine Over Time

This paper examines the changes in wage inequality over the period 2009-16 in Palestine's labor... Read More

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The Role of the Financial Sector and Governance in Promoting Formal Entrepreneurship in the MENA Region

Formal entrepreneurship is a worldwide phenomenon that has not received enough attention from scholars in... Read More

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Switching Monetary-Fiscal Regimes in Egypt: Is the Fiscal Stimulus Necessarily Good in Bad Times?

This paper investigates the monetary-fiscal interaction in Egypt for the period 2001Q1 to 2020Q2, a... Read More

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Women, Gender, and the Iraqi Uprising: Inequality, Space, and Feminist Prospects (In Arabic)

This study attempts to explore the meaning, content and importance of women's participation in the... Read More

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Firm-Level Impact of Public Credit Guarantees

This paper studies the firm-level short-term impact of one of the world’s largest credit guarantee... Read More

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Drivers of Inequality in Education During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Jordan

The interaction between the pandemic, school closures, and the digital divide further contributed to inequality... Read More

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Does Climate Change Affect Child Malnutrition in the Nile Basin?

Children’s nutritional status is expected to be negatively impacted by global climate change given their... Read More

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Export Diversification in MENA Countries and Spatial Spillovers

In this paper we study the export diversification neighboring effects in 15 MENA countries for... Read More

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