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Economic, Social and Institutional Determinants of Internal Conflict in Fragile States
In this paper, we use fixed-effect Poisson regressions (FEPR) with robust standard errors and instrumental... Read More
Towards A “New Normal” in Health Policies in the Arab Countries
This paper reviews the impacts of COVID19 on health policies in the Arab region, benchmarking... Read More
Social Contacts, Wages, and Turnover: The Case of the Egyptian Labour Market
The objective of this paper is to investigate empirically the role of social networks in... Read More
Covid-19 Shock: Pass-Through to Consumer Prices in Tunisia
In this paper, we evaluate the pass-through of the COVID-19 shock on international prices and... Read More
The 2020 Covid-19 Pandemic and Foreign Workers’ Income-Consumption Profiles: Accounts from Two Micro-Level Surveys
Applying rich micro-level data for 2013 and 2020, this paper juxtaposes the living conditions and... Read More
Unpacking the Effects of Covid-19 on Labor Market Outcomes: Evidence from Turkey
This paper investigates how the pandemic affected the labor market in Turkey, using a unique... Read More
Covid-19, Vulnerability and Policy Response: A CGE Model of Egypt
This paper examines the effect of the COVID-19 shock on the Egyptian economy using a... Read More
Impact of Covid-19 on Tunisian Imports
The COVID-19 pandemic significantly disrupted trade flows between countries, thereby revealing the vulnerability of global... Read More
Firm Closures and Performance in A Time of Pandemic
We use data from the 2020/21 Egyptian Industrial Firm Behavior Survey (EIFBS) to assess the... Read More