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The school-to-work transition of Jordanian youth
Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2012This paper aims at better understanding the school-to-work transition among the Jordanian youth using the recent Jordan Labour Market Panel Survey 2010 dataset. The paper present a dynamic analysis of the Jordanian labour market, following year after year the young individuals’ different employment statuses. The main findings are as follows:DocumentOn fuel subsidies for transportation sector in Kuwait
Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2012Kuwait is experiencing rapid growth in domestic energy demand. The aim of this study is to estimate the demand for oil products in the transportation sector in Kuwait using time series data for the period 1975-2005.DocumentDeepening India’s engagement with the least developed countries: a critical analysis of India’s Duty-free Tariff Preference Scheme
Knowledge Partnership Programme, 2014India became the first among emerging economies to announce a duty-free facility for LDCs. It did so during the first India-Africa Forum Summit in April 2008. This is not a coincidence, for Africa is home to 34 of the 49 LDCs, and is therefore the one region where international development efforts should be focused.DocumentArab passengers’ airlines framework and performance: a cross-countries analysis
Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2012The present paper summarises the findings of four country studies (Jordan, Egypt, Morocco and United Arab Emirates; UAE), which investigated the relationship between the current passengers’ airlines framework and the performance of the sector in the country. The studies were meant to investigate the impact of further liberalisation on passengers and on welfare.DocumentLabor mobility across the formal/informal divide in Turkey: evidence from individual level data
Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2012Informality has long been a salient phenomenon in developing country labour markets, and Turkey, given its economic and demographic dynamics, provides rich evidence for a heterogeneous and multifaceted informal labour market. This paper studies worker transitions between sectors using panel data from Turkey.DocumentOn the determinants of trade in services: evidence from the MENA region
Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2012Trade in services is receiving increasing interest in the trade literature and in the negotiations under the GATS due to the importance of services in the global economy.DocumentOil curse in Yemen: the role of institutions and policy
Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2012The high volatility of international oil prices and other adverse effects are identified in the literature as the natural resource curse (NRC). This paper studies the NRC hypothesis as it applies to Yemen.DocumentAlgerian angst: can it agree on constitutional change?
The Arab Reform Initiative, 2015Algeria’s forthcoming constitutional amendments, first introduced by President Bouteflika in May 2014, have recently disappeared from public discussion and among the political elite, following a period of intense official political discourse that began prior to the presidential elections in April 2014.DocumentThe oil curse and labor markets: the case of Saudi Arabia
Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2012Oil endowment facilitated unprecedented economic and social development in Saudi Arabia and the Gulf region. In this respect, oil income enables generous government sector wage and employment policies in Saudi Arabia.DocumentDeterminants of labor force participation in Syria (2001 – 2010)
Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2012This paper highlights the Syrian labour market challenges by analysing the determinants of labour force participation rate between 2001 and 2010.Pages