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The impact of Arab Spring on hiring and separation rates in the Tunisian labour market
Haouas, Ilham; Heshmati, Almas - 2015
This paper analyses the hiring and separation rates in Tunisia before and after the Arab Spring of 2011. Several models … presence of continued risk factors in Tunisia's labour market resulting from the global financial crisis in 2008 and the Arab … separation decisions remained present in Tunisia's labour market. In addition, the paper looks at various social issues such as …
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Women's political participation and intrahousehold empowerment : evidence from the Egyptian Arab Spring
Bargain, Olivier; Boutin, Delphine; Champeaux, Hugues - 2018
Egyptian women have played an unprecedented role in the Arab Spring democratic movement, possibly changing women's perception about their own rights and role. We question whether these events have translated into better outcomes within Egyptian households. We conjecture that potential changes...
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Ethnic fragmentation, conflict, displaced persons and human trafficking : an empirical analysis
Akee, Randall; Basu, Arnab K.; Chau, Nancy H. - 2010
Ethnic conflicts and their links to international human trafficking have recently received a surge in international attention. It appears that ethnic conflicts exacerbate the internal displacement of individuals from networks of family and community, and their access to economic and social...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008901209
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Peace, terrorism, or civil conflict? : understanding the decision of an opposition group
Jetter, Michael - 2016
When do opposition groups decide to mount a terrorism campaign and when do they enter an open civil conflict against the ruling government? This paper models an opposition group's choice between peace, terrorism, and open conflict. Terrorism emerges if executive constraints are intermediate and...
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Income and terrorism: insights from subnational data
Jetter, Michael; Mahmood, Rafat; Stadelmann, David - 2021
To better understand potential relationships between income and terrorism, we study data for 1,527 subnational regions in 75 countries between 1970 and 2014. Results consistently imply an inverted U-shape that remains robust to accounting for a comprehensive set of region-level covariates,...
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Diversity and conflict
Arbatli, Cemal Eren; Ashraf, Quamrul H.; Galor, Oded; … - 2018
This research advances the hypothesis and establishes empirically that interpersonal population diversity has contributed significantly to the emergence, prevalence, recurrence, and severity of intrasocietal conflicts. Exploiting an exogenous source of variations in population diversity across...
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The origins of the division of labor in pre-modern times
Depetris-Chauvin, Emilio; Özak, Ömer - 2018
This research explores the historical roots of the division of labor in pre-modern societies. It advances the hypothesis and establishes empirically that intra-ethnic diversity had a positive effect on the division of labor across ethnicities in the pre-modern era. Exploiting a variety of...
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Making sense of arab labor markets : the enduring legacy of dualism
Asʿad, Rāǧī - 2013
It is well-established that Arab labor markets share certain common characteristics, including an oversized public sector, high unemployment for educated youth, weak private sector dependent on government welfare for their survival, rapid growth in educational attainment, but much of it focused...
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Employment industry and occupational continuity in Germany : from the Nazi regime to the post-war economic miracle
Puhani, Patrick A. - 2014
Using retrospective survey data that covers 1939, 1950, 1960, and 1971, I compare individual-level changes in employment industry and occupational status in Germany from the beginning of World War II to the post-war reconstruction era dubbed the Economic Miracle (Wirtschaftswunder). This...
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Did the Arab Spring reduce MENA countries' growth?
Araissi, Mahmoud; Fakih, Ali; Haimoun, Nathir - 2019
This paper examines the economic ramifications of the recent political reconfigurations that the MENA region witnessed, commonly known as the Arab Spring, utilizing MENA countries data during period 2005-2016. Using the Arellano-Bond dynamic panel estimation, the paper estimates a growth model...
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