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How outsourcing affects bilateral political relations
Polachek, Solomon W. (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Montesquieu in his L'Esprit des Lois, argued, peace is the natural effect of trade.ʺ This paper first reviews this literature and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002452365
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Money can't buy love but can it buy peace? : evidence from the EU programme for peace and reconciliation
Brück, Tilman; Ferguson, Neil T. N. - 2014
detailed PEACE II accounts. Noting potential selection and omitted variables biases, we implement two-stage random effects …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010403908
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Do perceptions of economic well-being predict the onset of war and peace?
Swee, Eik Leong; Zhan, Haikun; Powdthavee, Nattavudh - 2019
perception of economic well-being, possibly influenced by such tactics, predicts war and peace onset. Using unique data … war onset during periods of rebel recruitment, and with earlier peace onset in general. These results hold regardless of … suggest that civilian perception of well-being ought to be considered seriously as a determinant of war and peace. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012120621
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A rent-seeking perspective on imperial peace
Dasgupta, Indraneel - 2024
conflict and makes the ideologues more successful yet worse off. Our results rationalize "imperial peace" - long periods of … stability and social peace in multi-ethnic empires, and explain why the weakening and breakdown of such empires is often …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015064493
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Structural change in MENA remittance flows
Naufal, George; Genc, Ismail H. - 2013
After independence, the GCC countries relied heavily on foreign workers from fellow Arab countries. Thus, remittances flowed from GCC to other countries in MENA. In the 1980s-1990s labor source switched to South Asia; so did the flow of remittances. This paper examines the consequences of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009766270
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Regulation, trust, and cronyism in Middle Eastern societies : the simple economics of 'wasta'
Barnett, Andrew H.; Yandle, Bruce; Naufal, George - 2013
Despite being a fixture of everyday life in the Arab world, wasta, which may be thought of as special influence by members of the same group or tribe, has received little attention from social scientists. Our casual empiricism suggests that wasta is an important determinant of how economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009708693
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Asymmetric information under the Kafala sponsorship system : impacts on foreign domestic workers' income and employment status in the GCC countries
Malit, Froilan T. <Jr.>; Naufal, George - 2016
This paper examines the legal and policy implications of information asymmetry on foreign domestic workers employed under the Kafala sponsorship system in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. Drawing from ethnographic and field-based observations in large GCC migrant destinations -...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011476493
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Openness and human capital as sources of productivity growth : an empirical investigation from the MENA countries
Haouas, Ilham (contributor); Yagoubi, Mahmoud (contributor) - 2005
This paper investigates the impact of openness to trade and higher levels of human capital on the economies of some MENA countries. To answer the question: whether either human capital or openness can be shown to cause productivity, we use panel data on 16 countries spanning the 1965-2000...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002549383
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What drives demand for private tutoring in the Middle East and North Africa region? : evidence from a youth survey
Fakih, Ali; Haimoun, Nathir; Sleiman, Anastasia - 2022
This paper examines the determinants of private tutoring in five major Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries, Egypt, Algeria, Lebanon, Morocco, and Tunisia. The paper uses data extracted from the SAHWA Youth Survey (2016) and runs a probit model. The main findings indicate that age,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013209807
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Measuring youth empowerment: an illustration using the example of Tunisia
Goedhuys, Micheline; Grimm, Michael; Meysonnat, Aline; … - 2021
Youth empowerment, i.e., the ability of young people to take control over key aspects of their lives, has become a growing concern to achieving sustainable development worldwide. An increasing number of policy interventions is targeting the youth, but to monitor the progress a better...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012648282