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Is MENA Different? An Investigation of the Host Country Determinants of Chinese Outward Foreign Direct Investment
The objectives of this paper are twofold; to investigate the host country determinants of Chinese... Read More
Demographic Changes and Fiscal Policy in MENA Countries
In this study, I examine the links between demographic change and fiscal policy in MENA... Read More
The Impact of the Turkish Employment Subsidy Programs on Increasing the Level of Social Protection For Women
This paper investigates the impact of the employment subsidy program implemented in 2008 by Turkish... Read More
Do Pensions Reduce the Incentive to Work? Evidence From Egypt
In this study, we investigate the impact of the receipt of contributory and social pensions... Read More
The Role of Fiscal Policy in Fighting Poverty and Reducing Inequality in Iran: An Application of the Commitment to Equity (CEQ) Framework
This paper evaluates the role of fiscal system in Iran in reducing poverty and inequality.... Read More
Forum: The Newsletter of the Economic Research Forum
This issue contains coverage of ERF's 22nd Annual Conference that was held in Cairo this... Read More
Labor Market Effects of Pension Reform: An Overlapping Generations General Equilibrium Model Applied to Tunisia
This paper develops an overlapping general equilibrium framework to capture the interactions among pension reform,... Read More
The Effect of Survivors’ Benefits on Poverty and Health Indicators of Women and Children in Widowed-Mother Households: A Turkish Case Study
Survivors' benefits are cash payments made by government to family members when a worker dies.... Read More
Does Microcredit Reduce Gender Gap in Employment? An Application of Decomposition Analysis to Egypt
In this paper, we examine the impact of microcredit on labor supply of men and... Read More