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Job Creation or Labor Absorption? An Analysis of Private Sector Job Growth in Egypt
Creating jobs, especially good jobs, is one of the greatest challenges facing Egypt. This paper... Read More
The Durable Effects of Gender Policies: Social Change in Arab Countries
In a nutshell Gender inequality constrains the economic development of Arab countries. The level of... Read More
Pre – Birth Exposure to Ramadan, Height, and the Length of Gastation
The effect of pre-birth exposure to Ramadan, the Muslim month of fasting, on children’s height... Read More
Envy and the Islamic Revival: Experimental Evidence from Tunisia
The Islamic revival defined as the call for a resurgence of Islamic culture by opposition... Read More
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