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Fiscal Outcomes in Bahrain: Oil Price Volatility, Fiscal Institutions or Politics?
The paper argues that political economy factors, rather than oil wealth, shape the budgetary process and... Read More
Economic Geography, Growth Dynamics and Human Capital Accumulation in Turkey: Evidence from Regional and Micro Data
This study explores the endogenous relationship among market access, wages and human capital accumulation in... Read More
Picking Winners at the Ballot Box: Votes and Local Economic Growth in Turkey
While there is systematic evidence of how governments affect policy outputs for strategic reasons, a... Read More
Structural Transformation in Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia: Patterns, Drivers and Constraints
This paper conducts an analysis of the structural transformation in three MENA countries, Tunisia, Morocco... Read More
Oil Price Volatility, Financial Institutions and Economic Growth
Theory attributes finance with the ability to both promote growth and reduce output volatility. But... Read More
Chronic Illness and Labor Market Participation in Arab Countries: Evidence from Egypt and Tunisia
This study examines the effect of chronic illness on labor force participation in Egypt and... Read More
Reforming Fiscal Institutions in Resource-Rich Arab Economies: Policy Proposals
This paper traces the evolution of fiscal institutions of Resource Rich Arab Economies (RRAEs) over... Read More
Schooling Choices’ Responses to Labor Market Shocks: Evidence From a Natural Experiment
This paper uses the closure of Israeli labor market to examine the effect of a... Read More
Oil Revenues Shocks and Inequality in Iran
We study the responses of income inequality to positive per capita oil and gas revenues... Read More