Middle East Development Journal

2009 - 2025

Current editor(s): Raimundo Soto

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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

The Editors

Volume 12, issue 2, 2020

Job creation or labor absorption? An analysis of private sector job growth in Egypt pp. 177-207

Ragui Assaad, Caroline Krafft and Shaimaa Yassin

How does poverty differ among refugees? Taking a gender lens to the data on Syrian refugees in Jordan pp. 208-242

Lucia Hanmer, Eliana Rubiano, Julieth Santamaria and Diana J. Arango

Regional and income disparities in cost of living changes: evidence from Egypt pp. 243-267

Shireen AlAzzawi

Female unemployment in Lebanon: a time series analysis pp. 268-283

Casto Montero Kuscevic

Is income inequality reflected in consumption inequality in Iran? pp. 284-303

Hamid Noghanibehambari and Masha Rahnamamoghadam

Learning by exporting or self-selection into exporting? pp. 304-325

Youssouf Kiendrebeogo

The impact of the recent oil price decline on the GCC banking system pp. 326-339

Viviane Naimy and Ruba Kattan

Public debt and fiscal sustainability: the cyclically adjusted balance in the case of Lebanon pp. 340-359

Kassim M. Dakhlallah

Volume 12, issue 1, 2020

Sovereign wealth funds and cross-border investment bias: the case of Arab countries pp. 1-23

Ibrahim Elbadawi, Raimundo Soto and Chahir Zaki

Equivalence scales and the change in poverty levels across time: Turkish case pp. 24-34

Burcay Erus

Causal relationship between current account and financial account: the case of Tunisia pp. 35-56

Hager Farhoud and Lotfi Taleb

Does foreign direct investment affect growth in MENA countries? A semi-parametric fixed-effects approach pp. 57-72

Riadh Ben Jelili

Rising inequality and de-democratization pp. 73-83

Hany Abdel-Latif and Mahmoud El-Gamal

Exporting and firm productivity: evidence for Egypt and Morocco pp. 84-100

Inmaculada Martínez-Zarzoso

Trade liberalisation, governance, and the balance of payments: evidence from the Arab Maghreb Union pp. 101-130

Abduraawf Hadili, Roman Raab and Jan Wenzelburger

The future of jobs is facing one, maybe two, of the biggest price distortions ever pp. 131-156

Lant Pritchett

On ideas and economic policy: a survey of MENA economists pp. 157-176

Rana Hendy and Mahmoud Mohieldin

Volume 11, issue 2, 2019

How gender biased are female-headed household transfers in Egypt? pp. 165-180

Lobna M. AbdelLatif, Mohamed Ramadan and Sarah A. Elbakry

How gender biased are female-headed household transfers in Egypt? pp. 165-183

Lobna M. AbdelLatif, Mohamed Ramadan and Sarah A. Elbakry

Determinants and impact of household's out-of-pocket healthcare expenditure in Sudan: evidence from urban and rural population pp. 181-198

Ebaidalla M. Ebaidalla and Mohammed Ehaj Mustafa Ali

Determinants and impact of household's out-of-pocket healthcare expenditure in Sudan: evidence from urban and rural population pp. 184-204

Ebaidalla M. Ebaidalla and Mohammed Ehaj Mustafa Ali

Son Preference and Child Under nutrition in the Arab Countries: Is There a Gender Bias against Girls? pp. 199-219

Mesbah Sharaf, Ahmed Rashad and Elhussien Ibrahim Mansour

Son Preference and Child Under nutrition in the Arab Countries: Is There a Gender Bias against Girls? pp. 205-230

Mesbah Sharaf, Ahmed Rashad and Elhussien Ibrahim Mansour

On the potential and Limitations of monetary policy in Turkey pp. 220-235

Ilker Domac, Gultekin Isiklar and Magda Kandil

On the potential and Limitations of monetary policy in Turkey pp. 231-249

Ilker Domac, Gultekin Isiklar and Magda Kandil

Armed conflict and child labor: evidence from Iraq pp. 236-250

George Naufal, Michael Malcolm and Vidya Diwakar

Armed conflict and child labor: evidence from Iraq pp. 250-267

George Naufal, Michael Malcolm and Vidya Diwakar

Growth and environmental degradation in MENA countries: methodological issues and empirical evidence pp. 251-269

Imad A. Moosa

Growth and environmental degradation in MENA countries: methodological issues and empirical evidence pp. 268-289

Imad A. Moosa

Ideas, networks and jobs: rebasing growth in the Middle East and North Africa pp. 270-276

Paul Collier

Policy choices in the 21st century – where to start? pp. 277-288

Rohinton P. Medhora

Institutions and macroeconomic policies in resource-rich Arab economies pp. 289-290

Klaus Schmidt-Hebbel

Ideas, networks and jobs: rebasing growth in the Middle East and North Africa pp. 290-298

Paul Collier

Policy choices in the 21st century – where to start? pp. 299-312

Rohinton P. Medhora

Institutions and macroeconomic policies in resource-rich Arab economies pp. 313-314

Klaus Schmidt-Hebbel

Volume 11, issue 1, 2019

Estimating poverty and inequality in the absence of consumption data: an application to the Middle East and North Africa pp. 1-29

Caroline Krafft, Ragui Assaad, Hanan Nazier, Racha Ramadan, Atiyeh Vahidmanesh and Sami Zouari

Pension systems contribution determinants: a cross sectional analysis on Tunisia pp. 30-48

Mehdi Ben Braham and Mohamed Marouani

Fiscal policy, inequality, and poverty in Iran: assessing the impact and effectiveness of taxes and transfers pp. 49-74

Ali Enami, Nora Lustig and Alireza Taqdiri

Targeting debt in Lebanon: a structural macro-econometric model pp. 75-104

Salim Araji, Vladimir Hlasny, Layal Mansour Ichrakieh and Vito Intini

How foreign investors influence stock markets? The Saudi Arabian experience pp. 105-123

Saqib Sharif

Spatial distribution of healthcare access and utilization: do they affect health outcomes in Turkey? pp. 124-163

Burhan Karahasan and Fırat Bilgel