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    MPoverty and social impact analysis of workers welfare fund

    Sustainable Development Policy Institute, Pakistan, 2013
    The Government of Pakistan (GoP) has been facing numerous challenges in ensuring the welfare of industrial workers. It also finds difficulties to bring about macro-level labour reforms such as the implementation of the annual revision of minimum wage.
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    Sstudents’ achievement in the MENA countries: the Eyneman-Loxley effect revisited using TIMSS 2007 data

    Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2013
    Since the controversial finding of the Coleman Report (1966), which was that school resources had little effect on educational outcomes comparing to family background, huge literature has emerged in order to verify the above finding in countries other than the United States.
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    Profit sharing, income inequality and capital accumulation

    Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2013
    The relationship between economic development and income inequality isn’t neutral vis-à-vis the role of the financial system in responding to the needs of different categories of agents. Indeed, as shown by the literature on the persistent inequality (e.g.
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    Proxy means tests for targeting subsidies scheme in Iran

    Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2013
    Iran’s most recent Five Year Economic Development Plan proposes a subsidy reform to eliminate subsidies, especially those on fuel and energy as well as on food and to replace them with targeted social assistance.
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    The structure and evolution of employment in Egypt: 1998-2012

    Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2013
    This paper conducts a detailed analysis of the evolution of the employment situation in Egypt over the period from 1998 to 2012, paying special attention to the impact of the economic crisis accompanying the January 25th 2011 revolution. Data from the Egypt Labor Market Panel Survey of 2012 is used and compared to the 1998 and 2006 survey rounds.
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    The evolution of labor supply and unemployment in the Egyptian economy: 1988-2012

    Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2014
    This paper analyses the evolution of labour supply and unemployment in Egypt in the period from 1999 to 2012, focusing on the impact of the demographic phenomenon known as the youth bulge and the impact of the world financial crisis and the marked economic slowdown following the January 25th 2011 revolution.
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    The work-life conflict and well-being of Turkish employees

    Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2014
    This study aims to produce empirical evidence on the impact of over-and underemployment on the life satisfaction of Turkish employees with a primary interest in female workers.
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    The labor mobility-employment nexus: a general equilibrium analysis for Jordan

    Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2014
    While studies on the impact of migration on host countries are still dominant, interest in the emigration impact on the home country's labour market is increasing.
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    Does the type of higher education affect labor market outcomes? A comparison of Egypt and Jordan

    Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2014
    In Egypt and Jordan there is a substantial mismatch between the output of the higher education system and the needs of labour market. Both demand and supply-side factors could be driving this mismatch. This paper tests a key supply-side issue, whether differences in institutional structures and incentives in higher education affect students’ employability.
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    Measuring top incomes and inequality in the Middle East: data limitations and illustration with the case of Egypt

    Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2014
    It has been noted that high inequality might have contributed to the Arab spring revolt movement. Some studies have argued however that measured inequality in Middle East countries is not particularly large by international standards, and that popular discontent mostly reflects the perceived level of inequality, and the perceived (un)fairness of the distribution.

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