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Trade Determinants and Potential of Syria: Using A Gravity Model, With an Estimation of The Syrian Crisis’ Impact on Exports
This paper diagnoses exports determinants for Syria between 1995 and 2010 using a gravity model... Read More
Competitiveness in Turkish Banking: 2002-2011
Using a novel approach, we derive “shadow unrealized profit scores” as well as “shadow input-output... Read More
The Structure and Evolution of Employment in Egypt: 1998-2012
This paper conducts a detailed analysis of the evolution of the employment situation in Egypt... Read More
Do Product Standards Matter for Margins of Trade In Egypt? Evidence from Firm-Level Data
According to the World Trade Organization (WTO) standards, countries are allowed to adapt regulations under... Read More
Wage Differential between Urban and Rural Palestine: The Shadow of Palestinian- Israeli Conflict
The objective of this paper is to explore the impact of Israel's development restrictions on... Read More
Young People’s Job Aspirations in Egypt and the Continued Preference for a Government Job
Despite the slowing of government hiring in Egypt, the government remains the employer of choice... Read More
Rural Wage Employment: Is There a Premium for Agriculture?
This paper investigates the determinants of rural and non-rural wages using the quarterly Labor Force... Read More
Duration to Coverage: Dynamics of Access to Social Security in the Egyptian Labor Market in the 1998-2012 Period
This paper investigates the dynamics of having access to social insurance (SI) coverage on the... Read More
Inequality of Opportunity in Educational Attainment in Middle East and North Africa: Evidence from Household Surveys
Education is widely considered as the most important path to social mobility in the Middle... Read More