School of Economics: Recent submissions
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The Determinants of Schooling in Egypt: The Role of Gender and Rural-Urban Residence
Published 2004-05-01This paper examines the role of gender and rural-urban residence, and the interaction between them in influencing schooling outcomes, using household level cross-section data from Egypt. Our empirical analysis finds strong ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
Re-examining Economic Growth-Environment Relationship: Evidence from High-, Medium- And Low-Income Countries
Published 2003-02-01There is said to be an inverted U shaped relationship between economic growth and the environment, named environmental Kuznets curve (EKC). But why such relationship exists and what are the mechanisms by which economic ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
Gender Differences in Schooling Attainment: The Role of Sibling Characteristics and Birth Order Effects
Published 2004-07-01This paper uses a using a nationally representative dataset to show that gender, birth order and sibling characteristics have significant effects on the schooling attainment of Egyptian children. Our analysis finds that ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
Growth, Autonomous Demand and a Joint-Product Treatment of Fixed Capital
Published 2005-10-01The aim of this paper is to shed light on the idea of demand-led growth and in particular debate of the last two decades on the appropriate direction of non-marginalist growth theory by exploring the relation between growth ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
Insider Trading, Informational Effciency and Allocative Effciency
Published 2003-05-01A dominant, net buyer of a certain asset receives a private signal that is correlated with its mean value. We call this insider a Boesky Insider when the quality of the received signal is such that the future value of the ...Open AccessWorking Paper