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Financialization and Income Inequality

In this paper we study the determinant of FDI in MENA countries by... Read More

Date

December, 2025

No.

1821

Topic

F6. Economic Impacts of Globalization

F4. Macroeconomic Aspects of International Trade and Finance

I3. Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty

O1. Economic Development

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Informality and Heterogeneity: Assessing Monetary Policy Transmission in...

In this paper we study the determinant of FDI in MENA countries by... Read More

Date

December, 2025

No.

1820

Topic

E1. General Aggregative Models

E3. Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles

E5. Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit

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

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Innovation Activities and Sustainable Firm Growth in Arab...

In this paper we study the determinant of FDI in MENA countries by... Read More

Date

December, 2025

No.

1819

Topic

L1. Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance

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

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Stuck in War: The PKK Conflict and Intergenerational...

In this paper we study the determinant of FDI in MENA countries by... Read More

Date

December, 2025

No.

1818

Topic

N3. Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy

I1. Health

I2. Education and Research Institutions

J2. Demand and Supply of Labor

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Investor Herding and Islamic Moral Economy and Finance:...

In this paper we study the determinant of FDI in MENA countries by... Read More

Date

December, 2025

No.

1817

Topic

G1. General Financial Markets

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FDI Determinants and Geographical Interdependence in MENA Region

In this paper we study the determinant of FDI in MENA countries by focusing on... Read More

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Introducing the Egypt Labor Market Panel Survey 2018

This paper introduces the 2018 wave of the Egypt Labor Market Panel Survey (ELMPS), previously... Read More

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Rural Women in Egypt: Opportunities and Vulnerabilities

This paper investigates the lives and livelihoods of rural women in Egypt. Rural women have... Read More

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The Evolution of Labor Supply in Egypt from 1988-2018: A Gendered Analysis

This paper investigates the character of labor supply and especially female labor force participation in Egypt... Read More

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Changes in Height-for-Age of Children 1995 to 2014

Malnutrition is currently one of the largest threats to public health, with three million children dying... Read More

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The Effect of Refugees on Native Adolescents’ Test Scores: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from Pisa

Existing evidence suggests that low-skilled refugee influx increases high school enrollment among native youth due to... Read More

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Employment Transitions of Youth and Health Implications in Egypt

Youth in Egypt suffer from high rates of unemployment and inactivity. They are also heavily affected... Read More

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The Politics of Trade Protection: Evidence from an EU-Mandated Tariff Liberalization in Morocco

Although non-tariff measures (NTMs) have surpassed tariffs as the most prevalent instrument of trade protection... Read More

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The Trinity of Budgetary Institutions, Political Institutions and Fiscal Cyclicality: Evidence from Egypt

Fiscal policy is empirically proven in many papers as procyclical in developing countries as a... Read More

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