BACKGROUND Despite rapidly rising female educational attainment and the closing, if not
reversal, of the gender gap in education, female labor force participation rates in the Middle …

Starting in 2011, the Syrian conflict caused a large influx of refugees into Jordan. In 2015,
there were an estimated 1.3 million Syrians in a country with just 6.6 million Jordanians. This …

The vast majority of refugees globally are hosted in developing countries. In Jordan and
Lebanon, nearly one in ten people are refugees. This paper reviews how different policy …

Since 2011, Jordan has been hosting a substantial number of refugees from Syria. This
paper profiles the Syrian refugee population in Jordan in terms of demographic …

This paper introduces the 2018 wave of the Egypt Labor Market Panel Survey (ELMPS),
previously fielded in 1998, 2006, and 2012. The ELMPS has already become the primary …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the prevalence and drivers of
employment vulnerability among youth in Egypt, Jordan and Tunisia, and their propensity to …

• Until the public health and overall economic situation improves, it will be difficult for the
labor market to recover. Accordingly, the social safety net can play a critical role until …

Abstract Development discourse frames youth in the Arab world as lacking in the skills
needed for employment and educational institutions as failing. The “skills mismatch” is …

Marriage is a central stage in the transition to adulthood in the Middle East and North Africa
(MENA). This article investigates the effect of marriage on women's employment in MENA …

This paper provides a broad overview of the formal contributory and non-contributory
programs provided formally by the Jordanian Government. The paper utilizes the Social Risk …