Human Capital: Population Economics in the Middle EastIsmail Abdel-Hamid Sirageldin Covers issues of demography and development in the Middle East, the capital value of rising populations, the workings of the labor market, and the impact of migration and urbanization on the region. |
Contents
Introduction | x |
Demography and Development | 17 |
Demographic Transitions and Economic Performance in the Middle East and North Africa | 18 |
The Demography of the Arab Region New Challenges and Opportunities | 39 |
Poverty in the Arab World The Role of Inequality and Growth | 62 |
Budget Deficit Renewable Resource Gap and Human Resource Development in Oil Economies | 96 |
Human Capital | 115 |
Population and Education Prospects in the Arab Region | 116 |
Globalization and Unemployment in MENA | 194 |
Female Labor Supply in Egypt Participation and Hours of Work | 210 |
Differentials in Incomegenerating Activities and Consumption Expenditures between Female and Maleheaded Households in Turkey | 231 |
General versus Vocational High Schools and Labor Market Outcomes in Turkey | 258 |
Migration and Urbanization | 273 |
Rationality of Migration | 274 |
A Macroeconometric Model of the Effects of Migrant Remittances in Mediterranean Countries | 295 |
Big Cities and Migration Evidence from Egypt | 321 |
Population Human Capital and Economic Growth in Iran | 141 |
Econometric Analysis of Fertility Dynamics in Turkey | 161 |
Labor Markets | 193 |
Index | 338 |
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age group age structure Algeria analysis Ankara Arab countries Asia average birth Cairo Change in log-income child coefficients consumption demographic gift demographic transition demographic window dependency developing countries distribution dynamic earnings economic growth effect Egypt elasticity employment estimates expenditures female-headed households fertility decline fertility rates Figure gender Gini coefficient growth rate Health Survey high school graduates higher households headed human capital impact important income increase inequality International investment involuntary migration Iran Jordan Kuwait labor force labor market labor supply large cities Lebanon male male-headed married MENA MENA's Middle East Morocco mortality negative non-oil oil economies parameters participation percent percentage period population growth poverty line projections proportion ratio reduced-form remittances renewable resource gap rural areas sample sector Sirageldin social Source spells Statistics Sudan Syria tion Tunisia Turkey Turkish vocational high school wage equation wage workers women World Bank
References to this book
Arab Political Demography: Population growth and natalist policies Onn Winckler No preview available - 2005 |