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Do Savers Learn from Experience? Evidence from Pension Contributions
We examine whether households’ voluntary retirement saving decisions are influenced by reinforcement learning (RL), a... Read More
Social Safety Nets in Tunisia: Comparison of Different Targeting Methods
This paper proposes two new approaches for targeting the beneficiaries of social benefit programs in... Read More
The Landscape of Social Protection in Tunisia
This paper aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the social protection system in Tunisia... Read More
The Role of Civil Society in Promoting Social Protection Reforms: A Comparative Study of Jordan and Tunisia
In the Arab region, social protection systems have historically suffered from several shortcomings, including high... Read More
From Protection to Transformation: Understanding the Landscape of Formal Social Protection in Jordan
This paper provides a broad overview of the formal contributory and non-contributory programs provided formally... Read More
On GVC and Innovation: What Is at Stake?
This paper empirically investigates the impact of global value chains (GVC) participation on countries’ innovation... Read More
The Labor Market Integration of Syrian Refugees in Turkey
Turkey hosts the largest population of refugees globally; however, we know little about their labor... Read More
Firm Dynamics in Times of COVID: Evidence from Egyptian Firms
The COVID-19 outbreak has had severe economic consequences across the globe. The crisis emanating from... Read More
October’s 2019 Protests in Iraq As Perceived by The Protestors: A Field Study in The Phenomenology of Protest Confronting the Violence of Political Power (In Arabic)
The protest wave that started on October 1, 2019 and then renewed with greater momentum... Read More