Middle East Development Journal

2009 - 2024

Current editor(s): Raimundo Soto

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Volume 16, issue 2, 2024

Firm heterogeneity and export behavior: evidence from Tunisia pp. 147-163

Leila Baghdadi and Peter Glick

Fuel and electricity pricing and subsidies in the GCC states: recent developments pp. 164-195

Jon Strand

COVID-19 policy responses, social norms, and behavior change in MENA pp. 196-219

Amira El-Shal and Eman Moustafa

Resistance is simple, resilience is complex: sanctions and the composition of Iranian trade pp. 220-238

Esfandyar Batmanghelidj

Does less finance harm economic growth as well? A nonlinear smooth transition model (STAR) perspective pp. 239-262

Zakaria Elouaourti and Aomar Ibourk

The determinants of excess liquidity in the Algerian banking system pp. 263-279

Amirouche Chelghoum, Lahlou Boukhari and Yahia Djafferi

Volume 16, issue 1, 2024

Oil dependency and happiness in net oil-exporting countries: is it a curse or blessing? pp. 1-26

Ly Slesman

School performance and child paid work: evidence from West Bank schools pp. 27-54

Sameh Hallaq and Ayman Khalifah

Capital flight and the real exchange rate: evidence from resource scarce MENA countries pp. 55-73

A. Yasemin Yalta and A. Talha Yalta

Do non-natives catch-up with the natives in terms of earnings in Jordan? New evidence from a distributional analysis pp. 74-97

Hatem Jemmali and Rabeh Morrar

Are asset quality weaknesses holding back bank lending? Evidence from MENA region pp. 98-116

Saibal Ghosh

Labor market transitions in Egypt post-Arab Spring pp. 117-141

Jingyuan Deng, Nelly Elmallakh, Luca Flabbi and Roberta Gatti

How sanctions work. Iran and the impact of economic warfare pp. 142-145

José Díaz-Bahamonde

Volume 15, issue 2, 2023

The impact of sanctions on household welfare and employment in Iran pp. 189-221

Djavad Salehi-Isfahani

COVID-19 shock 2020: impact on foreign and Kuwaiti workers and contrasts with employment, earnings and consumption during normal times pp. 222-240

Ahmad Alawadhi, Mohammad Alali, Shaikha Al-Fulaij, Weam Behbahani, Marwa Al-Musallam and Sulayman Al-Qudsi

An empirical investigation of COVID-19 impact on the finance and human resources of logistics and supply chain companies in Oman pp. 241-260

Ashraf Mishrif and Asharul Khan

Institutional quality and inward FDI: empirical evidence from GCC economies pp. 261-290

Andrzej Cieślik and Sarhad Hamza

How does political risk matter for foreign direct investment into Arab economies? pp. 291-310

Riadh Ben Jelili

The tale of three public debt crises in Tunisia, Egypt, and the Ottoman Empire in the 1860s and 1870s pp. 311-328

Mustapha Kamel Nabli

Tunisia’s economic development: why better than most in the Middle East but not East Asia authors: Mustapha K. Nabli and Jeffrey B. Nugent pp. 329-333

Roberto Zagha

Volume 15, issue 1, 2023

Does the structure of state budget matter for Egypt’s fiscal deficit? An empirical investigation using an ARDL bounds testing approach pp. 1-25

Israa A. El Husseiny

Globalization and obesity in the GCC countries pp. 26-49

Zouheir El-Sahli

The impact of sand and dust storms on agriculture in Iraq pp. 50-65

Hayatullah Ahmadzai

On the unfinished business of stabilization programs: a CGE model of Egypt pp. 66-100

City Eldeep and Chahir Zaki

Who can work from home in MENA? pp. 101-129

Shireen AlAzzawi

Do labor markets and the social contract increase female youth unemployment in the GCC countries? pp. 130-150

Wasseem Mina

Overeducation wage penalty for university graduates: evidence from the MENA region using machine learning techniques pp. 151-188

Obbey A. Elamin

Volume 14, issue 2, 2022

Syrian refugees to Europe: are they different from the non-Syrians? pp. 199-218

Ruya Karci, Nukhet Dogan and M. Hakan Berument

Macroeconomic effects of global shocks in the GCC: evidence from Saudi Arabia pp. 219-239

Kamiar Mohaddes, Mehdi Raissi and Niranjan Sarangi

Economic growth and sustainability of public finances: evidence from Morocco pp. 240-263

Karim Belcaid

Pension reform and unemployment outcomes pp. 264-281

Mouna Ben Othman and Mohamed Marouani

Women’s employment exits in Egypt: the roles of marriage, children, job characteristics, and women’s empowerment pp. 282-302

Maye Ehab

Chronic illnesses and labor market participation in the Arab countries: evidence from Egypt and Tunisia pp. 303-322

Ebaidalla M. Ebaidalla and Mohammed E. Mustafa Ali

Fintech market in Iran: an analysis of Fintech ecosystem and business models pp. 323-336

Maryam Mirzaei

Lending relationship, small businesses and NPLs in Tunisia pp. 337-352

Fredj Fhima, Ridha Nouira and Philippe Adair

Volume 14, issue 1, 2022

Beware of the echo: the evolution of Egypt’s population and labor force from 2000 to 2050 pp. 1-31

Ragui Assaad

Fiscal policy in times of high debt: tale of Lebanon pp. 32-42

Nasser Badra

Disentangling the impact of trade barriers on wages: evidence from the MENA region pp. 43-69

Nora Aboushady, Yasmine Kamal and Chahir Zaki

Monetary policy in times of uncertainties: evidence from Tunisia, Egypt and Morocco pp. 70-94

Brahim Guizani and Agata Wierzbowska

Microeconomic analysis of private returns to education in Egypt: an instrumental variable quantile regression approach pp. 95-117

Shereen Nosier, Aya El-Karamani and Reham Salah

Credit bureaus and financial constraints do corruption matter? pp. 118-132

Mohamed Sami Ben Ali and Boubacar Siddy Diallo

The relationship between banks’ credit quality, credit growth and social capital: evidence from Turkish banking sector pp. 133-170

Abdulmuttalip Pilatin and Hasan Ayaydin

Energy as a substitute for factors of production: case study of an oil rich economy pp. 171-198

Kowsar Yousefi and Salman Farajnia

Volume 13, issue 2, 2021

Growth in Syria: losses from the war and potential recovery in the aftermath pp. 215-244

Sharmila Devadas, Ibrahim Elbadawi and Norman Loayza

On the nexus between economic growth and bank-based financial development: evidence from Morocco pp. 245-264

Ahmed Kchikeche and Ouafaà Khallouk

An inquiry into the regional unemployment disparities in Tunisia: a spatial Durbin model pp. 265-291

Khaled Jeguirim

New measure of catastrophic health expenditures with application on rural Egypt pp. 292-317

Suzan Abdel-Rahman and Mohamed Abonazel

Unemployment hysteresis in Middle East and North Africa countries: panel SUR-based unit root test with a Fourier function pp. 318-334

Oladapo Gbenga Awolaja, Olaoluwa Yaya, Ahamuefula Ogbonna, Solomon Onuche Joseph and Xuan Vinh Vo

Labor demand shocks, unemployment, and suicide: evidence from provinces across Iran pp. 335-346

Hamid Noghanibehambari, Nahid Tavassoli and Farzaneh Noghani

A decomposition analysis of total factor productivity growth in MENA countries: stochastic frontier analysis approach pp. 347-366

Mushtaq Ahmad Malik and Tariq Masood

Volume 13, issue 1, 2021

The Arab inequality puzzle: the role of income sources in Egypt and Tunisia pp. 1-26

Caroline Krafft and Elizabeth Davis

Effect of oil revenues on size and income of Iranian middle class pp. 27-58

Mohammad Reza Farzanegan, Pooya Alaedini, Khayyam Azizimehr and Mohammad M. Habibpour

Optimal government size and economic growth in developing and MENA countries: A dynamic panel threshold analysis pp. 59-77

Ridha Nouira and Mohamed Kouni

Macroeconomic policies and the Iranian economy in the era of sanctions pp. 78-98

Magda Kandil and Ida Mirzaie

Macro-finance determinants and the stock market development: evidence from Morocco pp. 99-127

Karim Belcaid and Ahmed El Ghini

Gendered patterns of industrialization in MENA pp. 128-149

Yasemin Dildar

Global value chain integration and productivity: the case of Turkish manufacturing firms pp. 150-171

Yilmaz Kilicaslan, Ugur Aytun and Oytun Meçik

Tackling market distortions to rise productivity: a study using firm-level manufacturing sector data from Morocco pp. 172-190

Jean-Pierre Chauffour and Jose Luis Diaz-Sanchez

Remittances and disaggregated country risk ratings in Tunisia: an ARDL approach pp. 191-211

Dorsaf Sridi and Wafa Ghardallou

The Magda Kandil Research Prize pp. 212-213

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