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Returns to Investment in Education: The Case of Turkey
This paper estimates private and social returns to investment in education in Turkey, using the... Read More
Winners and Losers in Industrial Policy 2.0: An evaluation of the impacts of the Tunisian Industrial Upgrading Program
Large scale business subsidies tied to national industrial development promotion pro-grams are notoriously difficult to... Read More
A Decade of Competition Policy in Arab Countries: A De jure and De facto Assessment
Despite its several benefits, competition policy seems to lack the attention it deserves in terms... Read More
Factors Influencing Informal Workers’ Participation in Health Insurance in Sudan: Evidence from Khartoum and Kassala States
This study investigates the factors that influence the participation of the informal workers in health... Read More
Is Oil Wealth Good for Private Sector Development?
When do autocratic rulers in oil-producing countries support private sector development? We argue that the... Read More
The Division of Ownership and Control in Listed Jordanian Firms
Firms listed on the Amman Stock Exchange (ASE) represent an important part of the economic... Read More
Firm Performance and Agglomeration Effects: Evidence from Tunisian Firm-level Data
Using Tunisian manufacturing data between 1998 and 2004 and by referring to multilevel approach, this... Read More
A New Dawn for MENA Firms: Service Trade Liberalization for More Competitive Exports
With the ongoing debates on the Doha Agenda, micro-level empirical evidence has emerged to highlight... Read More
English Skills, Labour Market Status and Earnings of Turkish Women
In this paper, we investigate the effect of the level of English skills on the... Read More