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Digital Financial Inclusion and Socioeconomic Sustainability in Saudi...

This paper* investigates the role of informal firms’ competition in determining the micro-level... Read More

Date

July, 2025

No.

1783

Topic

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

G2. Financial Institutions and Services

I3. Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty

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The Effect of International Sanctions on the Size...

This paper* investigates the role of informal firms’ competition in determining the micro-level... Read More

Date

July, 2025

No.

1782

Topic

P3. Socialist Institutions and Their Transitions

I3. Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty

F1. Trade

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Tracing the COVID-19 Footprint: A Sectoral Interrupted Time...

This paper* investigates the role of informal firms’ competition in determining the micro-level... Read More

Date

July, 2025

No.

1781

Topic

E4. Money and Interest Rates

Q4. Energy

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Bridging Education and Fertility: Unraveling the Role of...

This paper* investigates the role of informal firms’ competition in determining the micro-level... Read More

Date

June, 2025

No.

1780

Topic

I14 Health and Inequality

J1. Demographic Economics

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Domestic and External Determinants of Inflation: An Empirical...

This paper* investigates the role of informal firms’ competition in determining the micro-level... Read More

Date

June, 2025

No.

1779

Topic

E3. Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles

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

E6. Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook

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Cronyism, firms’ Productivity and Informal Competition in Egypt

This paper* investigates the role of informal firms’ competition in determining the micro-level effect of... Read More

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Efficiency Assessment of Tunisian Public hospitals Using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA)

In the recent past years, Tunisia pursued a national policy on health which was directed... Read More

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Labor Market Activities of Syrian Refugees in Turkey

Drawing on data from a survey of 1,235 Syrian refugees, this article examines individual, cohort... Read More

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The Number and Characteristics of Syrians in Jordan: A Multi-Source Analysis

Jordan has experienced a substantial influx of refugees from Syria since 2011. The Jordanian government... Read More

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Socioeconomic Status and the Changing Nature of School-to-Work Transitions in Egypt, Jordan and Tunisia

This paper examines the evolution of initial labor market outcomes across cohorts of school leavers... Read More

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Identifying Global and National Output and Fiscal Policy ShocksUsing a GVAR

The paper contributes to the growing global VAR (GVAR) literature by showing how global and... Read More

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Spatial Drivers of Firm Entry in Iran

Given the importance of entry promotion to prompt economic growth and promote structural transformation, this... Read More

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UAE Banks’ Performance and the Oil Price Shock: Indicators for Conventional and Islamic Banks

This study attempts to identify whether the oil price fall to a “new normal” in... Read More

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