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Structural Labor Market Transitions and Wage Dispersion in Egypt and Jordan
In this paper we determine the feasibility of using data from the Egyptian Labor Market... Read More
What Determines the Access to Finance of SMEs? Evidence from the Egyptian Case
Financial services seem to be underutilized by small and medium enterprises (SMEs); only 50 percent... Read More
Aid, Exchange Rate Regimes and Post-conflict Monetary Stabilization
This paper asks whether the choice of the exchange regime matters for macroeconomic stabilization in... Read More
The Global Impact of the Systemic Economies and MENA Business Cycles
This paper analyzes spillovers from macroeconomic shocks in systemic economies (China, the Euro Area, and... Read More
Terrorism and Integration of Muslim Immigrants
We study the effect that a series of fundamentalist-Islamic terrorist attacks in Europe had on... Read More
Palestinian Household Willingness and Ability to Pay for Public Utilities in The West Bank: The Case of Electricity and Water
In spite of the fact that demand for water and electricity in the West Bank... Read More
Contribution of Structural Change to Productivity Growth: Evidence from Tunisia
The objective of this paper is to analyze the evolution of productivity and the contribution... Read More
Banking and Monetary Crises: Impacts on Exports of MENA Countries
To date, there has been relatively limited literature treating the impact of financial crises on... Read More
Did Trade Liberalization Benefit Female Workers? Evidence on Wage and Employment Effects from Egypt
Egypt has gone through a period of dramatic, albeit slow, economic reform and trade liberalization... Read More