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Financialization and Income Inequality

This paper uses a new and original dataset, the Jordan Labor Market Panel... 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...

This paper uses a new and original dataset, the Jordan Labor Market Panel... 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...

This paper uses a new and original dataset, the Jordan Labor Market Panel... 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...

This paper uses a new and original dataset, the Jordan Labor Market Panel... 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:...

This paper uses a new and original dataset, the Jordan Labor Market Panel... Read More

Date

December, 2025

No.

1817

Topic

G1. General Financial Markets

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Housing and Living Conditions In Jordan—2010-2016

This paper uses a new and original dataset, the Jordan Labor Market Panel Survey (JLMPS)... Read More

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Impact of Refugees on Immigrants’ Labor Market Outcomes

The Syrian refugee influx in Jordan came on top of an additional 1.6 million foreigners... Read More

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Jordan’s fertility stall and resumed decline: an investigation of demographic factors

From the late 1990s until 2010, the fertility transition in Jordan was stalled, with the... Read More

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The Dynamics of Family Formation and Women’s Work: What Facilitates and Hinders Female Employment in the Middle East and North Africa?

This paper investigates the dynamic relationship between family formation and women’s employment, a previously unexplored... Read More

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Syrian Refugees and the Migration Dynamics of Jordanians: Moving in or moving out?

This paper examines the impact of the Syrian refugee inflows on the migration dynamics of... Read More

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Migration Dynamics during the Refugee Influx in Jordan

This paper provides overall evidence of the migration dynamics in Jordan between 2010 and 2016,... Read More

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The Impact of Refugees on Employment and Wages in Jordan

Starting in 2011, the Syrian conflict caused a large influx of refugees into Jordan. As... Read More

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Services for Syrian Refugee Children and Youth in Jordan: Forced Displacement, Foreign Aid, and Vulnerability

This report provides an overview of the current services available for Syrian refugee youth and... Read More

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Marriage and fertility patterns among Jordanians and Syrian refugees in Jordan

In this paper we use the Jordan Labor Market Panel Surveys (JLMPS) of 2010 and... Read More

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