Report NEP-ARA-2017-03-19

This is the archive for NEP-ARA, a report on new working papers in the area of MENA - Middle East and North Africa. Paul Makdissi issued this report. It is usually issued weekly.

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• Reham Rizk, 2016, "Returns to Education: An Updated Comparison from Arab Countries," Working Papers, Economic Research Forum, number 986, Apr, revised Apr 2016.
• Ragui Assaad & Caroline Krafft & John Roemer & Djavad Salehi-Isfahani, 2016, "Inequality of Opportunity in Income and Consumption: the Middle East and North Africa Region in Comparative Perspective," Working Papers, Economic Research Forum, number 1003, May, revised May 2016.
• Ragui Assaad & Caroline Krafft, 2016, "Labor Market Dynamics and Youth Unemployment in the Middle East and North Africa: Evidence from Egypt, Jordan and Tunisia," Working Papers, Economic Research Forum, number 993, Apr, revised Apr 2016.
• Mohamed Oubenal, 2016, "Crony Interlockers and The Centrality of Banks: The Network of Moroccan Listed Companies," Working Papers, Economic Research Forum, number 1066, Jan, revised 12 Jan 2016.
• Rania Salem & Sarah Shah, 2016, "Correlates of Kin Marriage in Egypt, Jordan, and Tunisia," Working Papers, Economic Research Forum, number 1067, Jan, revised 12 Jan 2016.
• Mahmoud Haddad & Sam Hakim, 2015, "Can Banks Lead the Economic Recovery of the Arab Spring?," Working Papers, Economic Research Forum, number 965, Nov, revised Nov 2015.
• Reham Rizk & Hala Abou-Ali, 2016, "Out of Pocket Education Expenditure and Household Budget: Evidence from Arab Countries," Working Papers, Economic Research Forum, number 996, May, revised May 2016.
• Tamer Taha, 2016, "Is Corruption "Greasing" or "Sanding" the Wheels of Innovation of Firms in MENA?," Working Papers, Economic Research Forum, number 982, Mar, revised Mar 2016.
• Ibrahim Elbadawi & Chahir Zaki, 2016, "Does Exchange Rate Undervaluation Matter for Exports and Trade Margins? Evidence from Firm-Level Data," Working Papers, Economic Research Forum, number 1004, May, revised May 2016.
• Tammuz Alraheb & Amine Tarazi, 2016, "Local Versus International Crises, Foreign Subsidiaries and Bank Stability: Evidence from the MENA Region," Working Papers, Economic Research Forum, number 1045, Jan, revised 09 Jan 2016.
• Nelly El-Mallakh & Mathilde Maurel & Biagio Speciale, 2015, "Arab Spring Protests and Women’s Labor Market Outcomes: Evidence from the Egyptian Revolution," Working Papers, Economic Research Forum, number 957, Oct, revised Oct 2015.
• Reham Rizk & Hala Abou-Ali, 2016, "Out of Pocket Health Expenditure and Household Budget: Evidence from Arab Countries," Working Papers, Economic Research Forum, number 1065, Jan, revised 12 Jan 2016.
• Zafiris Tzannatos & Ishac Diwan & Joanna Abdel Ahad, 2016, "Rates of Return to Education in Twenty Two Arab Countries: an Update and Comparison Between MENA and the Rest of the World," Working Papers, Economic Research Forum, number 1007, May, revised May 2016.
• Bob Rijkers & Leila Baghdadi & Gael Raballand, 2015, "Political Connections and Tariff Evasion: Evidence from Tunisia," Working Papers, Economic Research Forum, number 961, Oct, revised Oct 2015.
• Aurora Angeli, 2015, "Late-Life Living Arrangments and Intergenerational Ties in Egypt: Elderly Socio-Economic Conditions from Labor Market Surveys," Working Papers, Economic Research Forum, number 971, Nov, revised Nov 2015.
• Yosr Abid & Cathal O'Donoghue & Denisa Sologon, 2016, "Decomposing Welfare Inequality in Egypt and Tunisia: an Oaxaca-Blinder Based Approach," Working Papers, Economic Research Forum, number 1015, Jun, revised Jun 2016.
• Ragui Assaad & Abdurrahman Aydemir & Meltem Dayioglu & Guray Kirdar, 2016, "Returns to Schooling in Egypt," Working Papers, Economic Research Forum, number 1000, May, revised May 2016.
• Riham Ahmed Ezzat & Nora Aboushady, 2015, "Do Telecom Restrictive Policies Matter for Telecom Performance? Evidence from MENA Countries," Working Papers, Economic Research Forum, number 949, Sep, revised Sep 2015.
• Hossam ELdin Mohammed Abdelkader, 2015, "Political Instability, Uncertainty, Democracy, and Economic Growth in Egypt," Working Papers, Economic Research Forum, number 953, Oct, revised Oct 2015.
• Hany Abdel-Latif & Tapas Mishra & Anita Staneva, 2015, "Arab Countries Between Winter and Spring: Where Democracy Shock Goes Next!," Working Papers, Economic Research Forum, number 954, Oct, revised Oct 2015.
• Walid Jebili & Lotfi Belkacem, 2015, "Sectoral Shifts, Diversification, Regional Unemployment on the Eve of Revolution in Tunisia: a Sequential Spatial Panel Approach," Working Papers, Economic Research Forum, number 952, Oct, revised Oct 2015.
• Bob Rijkers & Hassen Arouri & Caroline Freund & Antonio Nucifora, 2015, "Which Firms Create the Most Jobs in Developing Countries? Evidence from Tunisia," Working Papers, Economic Research Forum, number 956, Oct, revised Oct 2015.
• Ahmed Elsayed & Jackline Wahba, 2016, "Informalization Dynamics and Gains: Why Want a Job Contract?," Working Papers, Economic Research Forum, number 1001, May, revised May 2016.
• Ali Hashemi, 2016, "Measuring Pro-Poor Growth in Egypt, Jordan, and Palestine," Working Papers, Economic Research Forum, number 1008, Jun, revised Jun 2016.
• Ragui Assaad & Samir Ghazouani & Caroline Krafft & Dominique J. Rolando, 2016, "Introducing the Tunisia Labor Market Panel Survey 2014," Working Papers, Economic Research Forum, number 1040, Jan, revised 08 Jan 2016.
• Jeffrey B. Nugent & Malgorzata Switek & Fengyu Wu, 2015, "Socio-Political Attitudes Across the World: to What Extent are they Affected by One's Religion, it's Importance, Majority Status and Relative Income," Working Papers, Economic Research Forum, number 972, Nov, revised Nov 2015.
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• Elif Öznur Acar & Seyit Mümin Cilasun & Burak Günalp, 2016, "An Analysis of Education Expenditures in Turkey by Income Groups," Working Papers, Economic Research Forum, number 991, Apr, revised Apr 2016.
• Anda David & Joachim Jarreau, 2016, "Determinants of Emigration: Evidence from Egypt," Working Papers, Economic Research Forum, number 987, Apr, revised Apr 2016.
• Leila Baghdadi & Hendrik Kruse & Inma Martínez-Zarzoso, 2015, "An Estimation of Traiff Pass-Through in Tunisia," Working Papers, Economic Research Forum, number 963, Oct, revised Oct 2015.
• Anda David & Rana Hendy, 2016, "Does International Migration Help Them Marry earlier? A Hazard Model for the Case of Egypt," Working Papers, Economic Research Forum, number 1051, Jan, revised 09 Jan 2016.
• Hanan Nazier & Racha Ramadan, 2016, "Women's Participation in Labor Market in Egypt: Constraints and Opportunities," Working Papers, Economic Research Forum, number 999, May, revised May 2016.
• Mouna Ben Othman & Mohamed Ali Marouani, 2016, "Labor Market Effects of Pension Reform: An Overlapping Generations General Equilibrium Model Applied to Tunisia," Working Papers, Economic Research Forum, number 1019, Jun, revised Jun 2016.
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• Hoda El Enbaby & Rami Galal, 2015, "Inequality of Opportunity in Individuals' Wages and Households' Assets in Egypt," Working Papers, Economic Research Forum, number 942, Sep, revised Sep 2015.
• Rana Hendy, 2015, "A Quarter Century of Changes in Labor Force Participation," Working Papers, Economic Research Forum, number 973, Nov, revised Nov 2015.
• Houda Haffoudhi & Racem Mehdi & Gam Abdelkader, 2015, "Understanding Democratic Transition Using Self-Organizing Maps: a Special Focus on Arab Spring Countries," Working Papers, Economic Research Forum, number 958, Oct, revised Oct 2015.
• Mohamad Al-Ississ & Ishac Diwan, 2016, "Individual Preferences for Democracy In the Arab World Explaining the Gap," Working Papers, Economic Research Forum, number 981, Mar, revised Mar 2016.
• Maia Sieverding, 2015, "Intergenerational Mobility in Women's Employment Outcomes in Egypt," Working Papers, Economic Research Forum, number 978, Dec, revised Dec 2015.
• Mohamed Amara & Hatem Jemmali, 2016, "Deciphering the Relationship between Internal Migration and Regional Disparities in Tunisia," Working Papers, Economic Research Forum, number 1043, Jan, revised 09 Jan 2016.
• Hadi Salehi Esfahani & Roksana Bahramitash, 2015, "Gender, Enterprise Ownership, and Labor Allocation in MENA: the Roles of Islam, Oil, and Government Policies," Working Papers, Economic Research Forum, number 951, Sep, revised Sep 2015.
• Sidi Mohammed Chekouri & Abderrahim Chibi, 2016, "Algeria and the Natural Resource Curse: Oil Abundance and Economic Growth," Working Papers, Economic Research Forum, number 990, Apr, revised Apr 2016.
• Shaimaa Yassin, 2016, "Constructing Labor Market Transitions Recall Weights in Retrospective Data: An Application to Egypt and Jordan," Working Papers, Economic Research Forum, number 1061, Jan, revised 11 Jan 2016.
• Ragui Assaad & Caroline Krafft & John Roemer & Djavad Salehi-Isfahani, 2016, "Inequality of Opportunity in Income and Consumption in Egypt," Working Papers, Economic Research Forum, number 1002, May, revised May 2016.
• Mohamed Amara & Hatem Jemmali, 2015, "Household and Contextual Indicators of Poverty in Tunisia: a Multilevel Analysis," Working Papers, Economic Research Forum, number 968, Nov, revised Nov 2015.
• Mehdi Ben Braham & Mohamed Ali Marouani, 2016, "Determinants of Contribution Density of the Tunisian Pension System: a Cross Sectional Analysis," Working Papers, Economic Research Forum, number 1005, May, revised May 2016.
• Aysit Tansel & Halil Ibrahim Keskin & Zeynel Abidin Ozdemir, 2015, "Is There an Informal Employment Wage Penalty in Egypt?," Working Papers, Economic Research Forum, number 976, Dec, revised Dec 2015.
• Ebaidalla Mahjoub Ebaidalla, 2015, "Do ICTs Reduce Youth Unemployment in MENA Countries?," Working Papers, Economic Research Forum, number 964, Nov, revised Nov 2015.
• Ali T. Akarca & Aysit Tansel, 2016, "Southwest As the New Internal Migration Destination in Turkey," Working Papers, Economic Research Forum, number 997, May, revised May 2016.
• Oznur Ozdamar & Eleftherios Giovanis, 2016, "The Link between Health Condition Costs and Standard of Living: A Structural Equation Modelling," Working Papers, Economic Research Forum, number 1060, Jan, revised 11 Jan 2016.
• Zouheir Bouchaddakh & Mohamed Mekki Ben Jemaa, 2016, "Risk Sharing Vs Risk Bearing and Shifting: Evidence from Conventional and Islamic Banks of MENA Region Using Metafrontier Directional Distance Functions," Working Papers, Economic Research Forum, number 1042, Jan, revised 09 Jan 2016.
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• Dina N. Elshahawany & Eduardo A. Haddad & Michael L. Lahr, 2016, "Accessibility, Transportation Cost and Regional Growth: A Case Study for Egypt," Working Papers, Economic Research Forum, number 1049, Jan, revised 09 Jan 2016.
• Imen Mouaddeb & Mohamed Kriaa, 2016, "Access to the Labor Market and the Impact of Passage Through an Introductory Traineeship in Professional Life (SIVP1): the Example of the Graduates of Higher Education in Tunisia From 2004 to 2008," Working Papers, Economic Research Forum, number 984, Apr, revised Apr 2016.
• Hatem Salah & Marwa Souissi, 2016, "Financial Stability and Macro Prudential Regulation: Policy Implication of Systemic Expected Shortfall Measure," Working Papers, Economic Research Forum, number 985, Apr, revised Apr 2016.
• Ragui Assaad & Hanan Nazier & Rasha Ramadan, 2015, "Empowerment is a Community Affair: Community Level Determinants of Married Women's Empowerment in Egypt," Working Papers, Economic Research Forum, number 959, Oct, revised Oct 2015.
• Caroline Krafft, 2016, "Understanding the Dynamics of Household Enterprises in Egypt: Birth, Death, Growth and Transformation," Working Papers, Economic Research Forum, number 983, Mar, revised Mar 2016.
• Ali Chebil & Aymen Frija & Rached Alyani, 2015, "Measurement of Total Factor Productivity and its Determinants: Case of Wheat Sector in Tunisia," Working Papers, Economic Research Forum, number 943, Sep, revised Sep 2015.
• Mohamed Arouri & Cuong Viet Nguyen, 2016, "Do Pensions Reduce the Incentive to Work? Evidence From Egypt," Working Papers, Economic Research Forum, number 1021, Jun, revised Jun 2016.
• David Cobham & Abdallah Zouache, 2015, "Economic Features of the Arab Spring," Working Papers, Economic Research Forum, number 975, Nov, revised Nov 2015.
• Ahmed Rashad & Mesbah Sharaf, 2015, "Catastrophic and Impoverishing Effects of Out-Of-Pocket Health Expenditure: New Evidence from Egypt," Working Papers, Economic Research Forum, number 974, Nov, revised Nov 2015.
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• Hala Abou-Ali & Yasmine M. Abdelfattah & John Adams, 2016, "Population Dynamics and Carbon Emissions in the Arab Region: An Extended Stirpat II Model," Working Papers, Economic Research Forum, number 988, Apr, revised Apr 2016.
• Aissaoui, Najeh & Ben Hassen, Lobna, 2015, "Skill-biased Technological Change, E-skills and Wage Inequality: Evidence from Tunisia," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 76551, Mar, revised 29 Jun 2015.
• Irène Selwaness & Chahir Zaki, 2015, "On the Interaction Between Trade Reforms and Labor Market Regulation: Evidence from the MENA Countries' Labor Markets," Working Papers, Economic Research Forum, number 970, Nov, revised Nov 2015.
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• Melani Cammett & Nisreen Salti, 2016, "Popular Grievances and Perceptions of Socioeconomic Conditions in the Arab Region Prior to the Uprisings," Working Papers, Economic Research Forum, number 1006, May, revised May 2016.
• Küçükaltan, Ebru Günlü & Pirnar, Ige, 2016, "Competitiveness factors of a tourism destination and impact on residents’ quality of life: The case of Cittaslow-Seferihisar," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 77464, Feb, revised 22 Apr 2016.
• Elem Eyrice, Tepeciklioğlu & M. Evren, Tok & Syed Abul, Basher, 2017, "Turkish and BRICS Engagement in Africa: Between humanitarian and economic interests," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 77549, Mar.
• Nelly El-Mallakh & Jackline Wahba, 2016, "Upward or Downward: Occupational Mobility and Return Migration," Working Papers, Economic Research Forum, number 1010, Jun, revised Jun 2016.
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• Anda David & Joachim Jarreau, 2015, "Short and Long-Term Impacts of Emigration on Origin Households: The Case of Egypt," Working Papers, Economic Research Forum, number 977, Dec, revised Dec 2015.
• Mohamed Chaffai, 2015, "Technical Efficiency and Stability to Shocks: a Comparison Between Islamic Banks and Conventional Banks in MENA Region," Working Papers, Economic Research Forum, number 969, Nov, revised Nov 2015.
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• Mahdi Majbouri, 2016, "Twins, Family Size, and Female Labor Force Participation in Iran," Working Papers, Economic Research Forum, number 1046, Jan, revised 09 Jan 2016.
• Abderrahim Chibi & Sidi Mohamed Chekouri & Mohamed Benbouziane, 2015, "Assessing Fiscal Sustainability in Algeria: a Nonlinear Approach," Working Papers, Economic Research Forum, number 962, Oct, revised Oct 2015.
• Hatem Jemmali, 2016, "Inequality of Opportunities among Tunisian Children over Time and Space," Working Papers, Economic Research Forum, number 1048, Jan, revised 09 Jan 2016.
• Mohamed El Hedi Arouri & Nguyen Viet Cuong, 2016, "Does Microcredit Reduce Gender Gap in Employment? An Application of Decomposition Analysis to Egypt," Working Papers, Economic Research Forum, number 1017, Jun, revised Jun 2016.
• Ashraf Galal Eid, 2015, "Budgetary Institutions, Fiscal Policy, and Economic Growth: the Case of Saudi Arabia," Working Papers, Economic Research Forum, number 967, Nov, revised Nov 2015.
• Haim Bleikh, 2016, "Poverty and Inequality in Israel: An International Perspective," LIS Working papers, LIS Cross-National Data Center in Luxembourg, number 661, Feb.
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• Sami Bensassi & Anne Brockmeyer & Mathieu Pellerin & Gaël Raballand, 2015, "Algeria-Mali Trade: the Normality of Informality," Working Papers, Economic Research Forum, number 960, Oct, revised Oct 2015.
• Abdel-Rahman, Alaa, 2016, "Linking education to employment:how to establish a successful and uninterrupted connection," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 77297, Dec, revised Jan 2017.
• Mohamed Amara & Khaled Thabet, 2016, "Firm and Regional Factors of Productivity: A Multilevel Analysis of Tunisian Manufacturing," Working Papers, Economic Research Forum, number 1041, Jan, revised 09 Jan 2016.
• Ghazi Ibrahim Al-Assaf, 2016, "Do International Remittances Affect the Performance of Labor Market in Jordan? An Impirical Investigation," Working Papers, Economic Research Forum, number 1014, Jun, revised Jun 2016.
• Caroline Krafft, 2016, "Why is Fertility on the Rise in Egypt? The Role of Women’s Employment Opportunities," Working Papers, Economic Research Forum, number 1050, Jan, revised 09 Jan 2016.
• Ragui Assaad & Caroline Krafft & Shaimaa Yassin, 2016, "Comparing Retrospective and Panel Data Collection Methods to Assess Labor Market Dynamics," Working Papers, Economic Research Forum, number 994, Apr, revised Apr 2016.
• Touhami Abdelkhalek & Fouzia Ejjanoui, 2015, "Tests De Séparabilité dans les Decisioins des Menages Agricoles: Cas du Maroc," Working Papers, Economic Research Forum, number 955, Oct, revised Oct 2015.

Report NEP-ARA-2017-03-19

This is the archive for NEP-ARA, a report on new working papers in the area of MENA - Middle East and North Africa. Paul Makdissi issued this report. It is usually issued weekly.

Subscribe to this report: email, RSS, or Mastodon, or Bluesky.

Other reports in NEP-ARA

The following items were announced in this report: