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Education Mismatch in North Africa: Determinants and Impact

09/09/2019 | FEMISE reports
Publié en septembre 2019. Rédigé par Moundir Lassassi, Mohamed Ali Marouani. The uprising of 2011 in many Arab countries have highlighted the vulnerability and fragility of their labor markets, characterized by high unemployment rates, especially for young people. The lack of job opportunities for...

Catalyst for Empowering Women and Boosting Gender Equality in South Mediterranean Countries

09/09/2019 | FEMISE reports
Publié en septembre 2019. Rédigé par Doaa Salman, Mohga Bassim This policy brief proposes and recommends further policies to urgently, strengthen the current quest for empowering women and for reducing inequality in the Mediterranean countries and specifically in Egypt. It seeks to provide a...

Migration, Comparative Advantages and Knowledge Diffusion In The EU-Mediterranean Region

09/09/2019 | FEMISE reports
Publié en septembre 2019. Rédigé par Anna Ferragina, Stefano Iandolo, Erol Taymaz. The present study explores the trade creation effects of migration flows from the MENA region to EU.2. The issues we wish to investigate is how migration inflows and outflows between MENA and EU contribute in shaping...

Social Entrepreneurs' Responses to the Refugee Crisis in Jordan and Lebanon

09/09/2019 | FEMISE reports
Publié en septembre 2019. Rédigé par Katarzyna Sidło, Mohammed Al-Jafari, Reema Al-Balous. Following the outbreak of the civil war in Syria in 2011, an estimated 1.5 million and 1.3 million Syrian refugees sought a safe haven in Lebanon and Jordan respectively (Reuters, 2017; Ghazal, 2017)....

Gender Inequalities on the Labour Market in North Africa

09/09/2019 | FEMISE reports
Publié en septembre 2019. Rédigé par Hassiba Gherbi, Philippe Adair, Amina Benhaddad, Razika Medjoub, Nacer-Eddine Hammouda The paper designs a pooled sample of almost 3,027 active people from the Sahwa dataset using a common questionnaire carried out in 2015 among 7,816 Algerian, Egyptian,...

Renewable Energy Development Strategies in the MENA Region

09/09/2019 | FEMISE reports
Publié en septembre 2019. Rédigé par Myriam Ben Saad, Amandine Gnonlonfin, Naceur Khraief, Michel Dimou. This work explores the question of the dynamic link between the development of renewable energies and growth. The main results of this work can be summarized as follows. First, the results...

The Long-Term Impact of Syrian Refugees on Turkish Economy

09/09/2019 | FEMISE reports
Published in september 2019. Written by Ramon Mahia, Ali Koc The total value-added impact generated by the occupations of Syrian refugees in the Turkish economy was an estimated 27.2 billion TL at the end of 2017, representing 1.96% of total Turkish GDP.

Financial Inclusion and Stability in the MED Region: Evidence from Poverty and Inequality

05/13/2019 | FEMISE reports
Publié en septembre 2019. Rédigé par Simon Neaime, Thomas Lagoarde-Segot, Isabelle Gaysset Despite a significant growth in profitability and efficiency, the Middle East (MED) well developed banking system seems to be unable to reach vast segments of the population, especially the underprivileged...

The Effects of Syrian Refugees on the Labor Markets of Host Middle Eastern and European Countries

05/16/2018 | FEMISE reports
Published in May 2018. Written by Roby Nathanson and Khalid Sekka Since 2011, over 5.3 million refugees made their way from Syria to hos ng Middle Eastern end European countries. Middle Eastern countries that absorbed the majo- rity of refugees are Turkey, Lebanon and Jordan...

How remittances improve living conditions

How remittances improve living conditions
02/16/2015 - Nathalie Bureau du Colombier, MARSEILLE | Socio-economic assessments
Migrants’ remittances contribute to improving the living conditions and level of education of recipient families. A study on the impact of short-term migration with an in-depth analysis of the cases of Algeria and Morocco was carried out by FEMISE economists. Version française