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This paper looks at the implications of the Euro-Mediterranean partnership agreement on labor and wages in Egypt, using a dynamic CGE model, which takes into account the labor market segmentation. Our results suggest that trade liberalization bears the risk of promoting the use of...
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The restricted access of the Israeli labor market to Palestinian workers is a major negative shock for the Palestinian economy, and naturally raises the questions of whether an alternative strategy to exporting labor is feasible and presents at least similar growth opportunities. In this paper,...
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In this paper we construct a detailed poverty map of the West Bank and Gaza by estimating the incidence of poverty in 132 distinct localities. We derive the estimates by combining econometric analysis of the Palestinian Households Survey with information contained in the Palestinian Census from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009642226