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Women’s Employment and Gender Dynamics in the Arab...

This paper uses a threshold-augmented Global VAR model to quantify the macro-economic effects... Read More

Date

March, 2026

No.

SWP 2026-3

Topic

O3. Technological Change, Research and Development, Intellectual Property Rights

J1. Demographic Economics

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Women and the Green Economy in Arab Countries...

This paper uses a threshold-augmented Global VAR model to quantify the macro-economic effects... Read More

Date

March, 2026

No.

SWP 2026-2

Topic

O3. Technological Change, Research and Development, Intellectual Property Rights

Q5. Environmental Economics

J1. Demographic Economics

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The Main Features of Sudan’s Income and Wage...

This paper uses a threshold-augmented Global VAR model to quantify the macro-economic effects... Read More

Date

March, 2026

No.

1824

Topic

D3. Distribution

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

J3. Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs

O1. Economic Development

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Gender Dynamics in the Digital Economy: Opportunities and...

This paper uses a threshold-augmented Global VAR model to quantify the macro-economic effects... Read More

Date

March, 2026

No.

SWP 2026-1

Topic

O3. Technological Change, Research and Development, Intellectual Property Rights

J1. Demographic Economics

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The Evolution of Labor Supply in Jordan Through...

This paper uses a threshold-augmented Global VAR model to quantify the macro-economic effects... Read More

Date

March, 2026

No.

1823

Topic

J6. Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers

J2. Demand and Supply of Labor

J1. Demographic Economics

J. Labor and Demographic Economics

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COVID-19 Fiscal Support and Its Effectiveness

This paper uses a threshold-augmented Global VAR model to quantify the macro-economic effects of countries’... Read More

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Can Unconditional Cash Transfers Mitigate the Impact of Armed Conflict on Child Nutrition in Yemen?

The “ignored” civil war in Yemen has caused the world’s worst humanitarian crisis in recent... Read More

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Human Capital Index (HCI) – From Uncertainty to Robustness of Comparisons

In 2019, the World Bank adopted an index developed by Kraay (2018), the Human Capital... Read More

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Immigration and Inter-Regional Job Mobility: Evidence from Syrian Refugees in Turkey

We analyze the relationship between large-scale refugee inflows and the inter-regional job mobility of natives.... Read More

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Armed Conflict and Household Source of Water

Using pairing of household level and armed conflict data with a generalized difference-indifferences approach, we... Read More

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Measuring the Economic Cost of Conflict in Afflicted Arab Countries

The goal of this paper is to estimate the economic cost of conflict in selected... Read More

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Geographical Exposure to Conflicts and Firm Performance: Evidence from The MENA Region

This paper assesses the impact of insecurity generated by conflicts on firm performance in the... Read More

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The Impact of Cash Transfers on Syrian Refugee Children in Lebanon

This paper was commissioned and funded by the Economic Research Forum. The paper builds on... Read More

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