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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
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
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
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
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
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
Stochastic Growth Model and the Role of Shocks to Trend in the MENA Region
This paper investigates the role of shocks to trend in explaining the business cycle fluctuations... Read More
Micro equity for Microenterprises: Evidence from an Artefactual Field of Experiment and Survey
Access to finance is often listed as one of the most important constraints on the... Read More
Funding MSMEs in North Africa and Microfinance: The Issue of Demand and Supply Mismatch
A pooled sample of 3,075 Micro, Small, and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSMEs) is designed as for... Read More