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Human Capital Accumulation and Conflicts: Insights from the MENA Region
Violent conflict is one of the most important development challenges facing the world and especially... Read More
Moving Beyond the Unemployment Rate: Alternative Measures of Labour Market Outcomes to Advance the Decent Work Agenda in North Africa
It is by now well established that North African labour markets are characterized by some... Read More
MEDJ – ERF Middle East Development Journal: June 2021
The Arab inequality puzzle: the role of income sources in Egypt and Tunisia Caroline Krafft... Read More
The Impact of COVID-19 on Middle Eastern and North African Labor Markets: Glimmers of Progress but Persistent Problems for Vulnerable Workers a Year into the Pandemic
Wage workers in Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, and Tunisia, particularly informal workers, have experienced layoffs and... Read More
External Debt and Growth in Highly Leveraged MENA Countries When Interest Rates Are Falling
Due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, external debt of developing countries and economies... Read More
Financial Integration, Inclusion, and Stability during Crises: Insights from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region
The main objective of this paper is to analyze the interrelationships between financial integration, inclusion,... Read More
Oil, Monarchies, and Bank Concentration: Evidence from the 2008 Global Financial Crisis
Banking concentration, defined as the proportion of total assets owned by either the three or... Read More
Survival of the Fittest: A Natural Experiment from Crypto Exchanges
This article explores the applicability of universal cryptocurrency exchange by analyzing crypto exchanges of Binance,... Read More
Impact of Fertility on Female Labor Supply in Algeria
This paper examines the impact of fertility on women's participation in the labor market in... Read More