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

This article, using ERF-LIS harmonized microdata, develops an empirical model to investigate the... 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 article, using ERF-LIS harmonized microdata, develops an empirical model to investigate the... 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 article, using ERF-LIS harmonized microdata, develops an empirical model to investigate the... 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 article, using ERF-LIS harmonized microdata, develops an empirical model to investigate the... 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 article, using ERF-LIS harmonized microdata, develops an empirical model to investigate the... 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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Fuel Poverty Exposure and Drivers: A Comparison of Vulnerability Landscape between Egypt and Jordan

This article, using ERF-LIS harmonized microdata, develops an empirical model to investigate the unexplored extent... Read More

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Conflict, Peace-Building and Post-Conflict Reconstruction in Yemen

Violent conflicts are not new to Yemen. For centuries, the country has been plagued by... Read More

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Migration and Inequalities Around the Mediterranean Sea

This paper aims to quantify the effects from migration on net income distributions, disentangling the... Read More

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Income Inequality Effects on Real Exchange Rate: Do Differentials between Tails Matter?

Despite the distributive effects of government policies are linked to many macroeconomic variables, the effects... Read More

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Macroeconomic Effects of Global Shocks in The GCC: Evidence from Saudi Arabia

We develop a quarterly macro-econometric model for the Saudi economy over the period 1981Q2-2018Q2 and... Read More

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Conflict, Institutions and the Iraqi Economy, 2003- 2018

This study analyses the causes of the Iraqi economy’s difficulties in rebuilding, provision of basic... Read More

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Still the Employer of Choice: Evolution of Public Sector Employment in Egypt

The public sector in Egypt provides relatively generous benefits, particularly when compared to the working... Read More

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Scenario-Based Forecast for Post-Conflict’s Growth in Syria

This paper investigates the relationship between the main macroeconomic indicators, namely real GDP, consumer prices... Read More

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Ethnic Divisions and The Onset of Civil Wars in Syria

While most civil wars seem to have an economic basis, they are generally pushed by... Read More

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