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The performance of Islamic banks in the MENA region: Are specific risks a minor attribute?
Islamic banks face specific risks related to Sharia-compliant contracts. We provide an exhaustive literature review addressing... Read More
Female Labor Force Participation in Turkey: A Synthetic Cohort (Panel) Analysis, 1988-2013
We study the aggregate labor force participation behavior of women over a 25-year period in Turkey... Read More
Education and Labor Market Consequences of Student Protests in Late 1970s and the Subsequent Military Coup in Turkey
1970s witnessed violent, widespread, and highly-politicized student protests in Turkey. Small protests turned into bloody street... Read More
What are the Drivers of Egypt’s Government Debt?
Is government debt solely a fiscal phenomenon? This paper aims to understand what drives government... Read More
The Topography and Sources of Multidimensional Poverty in Turkey
Economic inequality and poverty have been extensively analyzed in monetary terms and the ability to reach... Read More
Gender Discrimination among College Graduates – Evidence from Developing Country
In this study, we conduct a multiple identity correspondence audit study that we ran in... Read More
The Formulation of a Regional Opportunity Index: Empirical Evidence from Tunisia
The aim of this paper is to propose a new measure of regional development which... Read More
PERSPECTIVES DES FLUX D’ÉMIGRANTS ET DES TRANSFERTS DE FONDS ENTRE LA TUNISIE ET L’EUROPE
Based on the characteristics of the Tunisian and European economy and its evolution during the 1994-2015... Read More
The Future of Jobs is Facing One, Maybe Two, of the Biggest Price Distortions Ever
Discussions of the future of jobs are concerned that technological change will displace labor and... Read More