MENA countries. To answer the question: whether either human capital or openness can be shown to cause productivity, we use … show a significant impact of openness on productivity growth. We find also an effect, significant at the ten per cent level …, of the level of human capital on the level of income but no effect on underlying productivity growth. Our preferred …

This paper provides evidence of the long-run effects of a permanent increase in agricultural productivity on conflict … the period between 1400 and 1900 CE. For variation in permanent improvements in agricultural productivity, we exploit the …

anti-government attitudes. On the contrary, cell phone and internet penetration and usage correlate with greater …

Mobile broadband internet is the main technology through which individuals access the internet in developing countries … surveys in seven countries in West Africa in 2018/19 - a subregion with one of the lowest levels of mobile internet … penetration in the world - to identify the main factors that limit mobile broadband internet adoption. Results show that low …

Senegal has experienced a rapid expansion in fixed and mobile broadband Internet infrastructure over the past decade …. This paper examines the relationship between access to broadband internet and household welfare between 2011 and 2018 by …

Unemployment rates for tertiary-educated youth in Jordan are high, as is the duration of unemployment. Two randomized … experiments in Jordan were used to test different theories that may explain this phenomenon. The first experiment tests the role …

the steep influx of Syrian refugees into Jordan on the country's labor market since the onset of the conflict in Syria …, Jordan, Iraq, and Turkey), according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). Jordan and Lebanon are …) methodology is used to examine time series data from the most affected governorates in Jordan. The empirical results of Granger …

In all the MENA countries considered in this study, namely Jordan, Egypt and Tunisia, there has been a significant …

We investigate the gender wage gap in three neglected MENA countries: Egypt (1980-2018), Jordan (2010-2016), and Turkey …, reaching in Jordan a low of -0.18. …