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Export Diversification and Sophistication and Industrial Policy in Tunisia
This paper explores the Tunisian experience of exports diversification and the role played by industrial... Read More
What Do Jobseekers Want? Estimating Reservation Wages and the Value of Job Attributes
Understanding jobseeker preferences, including their reservation wages and how much they value different non-wage amenities,... Read More
External Debt Vulnerability in Emerging Markets and Developing Economies During the Covid-19 Shock
In this paper we assess to what extent the COVID-19 shock is expected to create... Read More
Do Relative Concerns Matter? Testing Consumption Categories
It is well-known that relative concerns influence many economic choices, including consumption decisions of households.... Read More
Les Technologies De L’information Et De Communication Et Le Développement Durable: Enjeux Et Pratiques Dans Les Pays En Developpement
This paper attempts to identify the links between the Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and... Read More
Redistributing Water Rights between the West Bank and Israel – More Than A Zero-Sum Game?
In this study, we analyze the effects of increasing Palestinian access to shared groundwater aquifers... Read More
A GMM Approach for An Explanation of the Fertility Change Upward in Tunisia
In Tunisia as in some Arab countries like in Algeria and Egypt, fertility has known,... Read More
Foreign Direct Investment and Corruption in Egypt: A Cointegration Analysis
This paper uses a time series analysis to estimate the impact of corruption on FDI... Read More
Explaining Firm-Level Gender Productivity Differential in Africa
The gender gap in firm productivity is the widest in Africa, and evidence on the... Read More