Energy poverty is a new growing dimension of inequality in both developed and developing
economies. Here, we develop an empirical model to examine the linkage between fuel …

We run recentered influence function (RIF) regressions, using Firpo et al.(2007)
distributional approach to identify each control variable's contribution on the decomposition …

Purpose This paper investigates the relationship between climate conditions and money-
metric poverty in Egypt at a sub-national level, aiming to understand the nuanced impacts of …

Income inequality is relatively low in Jordan when measured using the Gini index, which is
the common inequality measure. However, other income inequality measures show higher …

This study evaluates young children's developmental opportunities and anthropometric
outcomes across 16 low-and middle-income Arab countries during 2004-2015. We find that …

This paper aims to quantify the effects from migration on net income distributions,
disentangling the roles played by factor reallocation and remittances, and focusing on two …

This study was motivated by reports of a mismatch between inequality experienced on the
streets across the Arab region, and that estimated in household expenditure surveys. The …

Youth empowerment has become a growing concern for achieving sustainable development
worldwide. Yet, there is limited evidence on which domains of empowerment are important …

This study applies unconditional quantile regressions estimated using recentered influence
functions to analyze income gaps based on households' residence, education and …

If political connectedness and ability to get ahead through corruption are latent dimensions
of multidimensional inequality, then corruption could be the missing piece in the Arab …