Introduction
Edward A. Sayre and Tarik M. Yousef
1. Demographic Transitions across the Middle East and North
Africa
David Beck and Paul Dyer
2. Schooling and Learning in the Middle East and North Africa: The
Roles of the Family and the State
Djavad Salehi-Isfahani
3. Arab Youth Employment in the Wake of the Global Financial
Crisis
Mona Said
4. The Effects of Education and Marriage on Labor Force
Participation of Women in the Middle East and North Africa
Edward Sayre and Rana Hendy
5. Gulf Youth and the Labor Market
Paul Dyer and Samer Kherfi
6. The Role of Social Media in Mobilizing Political Protest:
Evidence from the Tunisian Revolution
Anita Breuer
7. The Political Effects of Changing Public Opinion In Egypt: A
Story of Revolution
Ishac Diwan
8. Days of Rage and Silence: Explaining Political Action by Arab
Youth
Raj Desai, Anders Olofsgard, and Tarik Yousef
9. A Generation without Work Contracts: Youth Informality in
Egypt
Ghada Barsoum
10. Does Labor Law Reform Offer an Opportunity for Reducing Arab
Youth Unemployment?
Jeff Nugent
11. Exploring the Impact of Reforms to the Moroccan Vocational
Education System: A Policy Analysis
Brahim Boubarbat and Daniel Egel
12. After the Arab Spring: Reform, Innovation and the Future of
Youth Employment
Tarik Yousef and Edward Sayre
Dr. Edward A. Sayre is an associate professor of Economics and
Chair of the Department of Political Science, International
Development, and International Affairs at the University of
Southern Mississippi (USM). Dr. Sayre's research focuses on the
economics of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, labor market
institutions, and Middle East labor markets. Before starting his
current position at USM, Sayre was a visiting research associate at
the Palestine Economic
Policy Research Institute (MAS) in Jerusalem and taught at Kenyon
College and Agnes Scott College. Since 1999 Dr. Sayre has served on
the Board of Directors the Middle East Economic Association.
Dr. Tarik M, Yousef is Senior Fellow at Brookings who served
between 2011 and 2015 as Chief Executive Officer at Silatech, a
regional organization promoting youth employment in the Arab world.
Prior to that he served as Sheikh Al-Sabah Professor of Arab
Studies in the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University
and Founding Dean of the Dubai School of Government. He is at
present a member of the Boards of Directors of the Arab Banking
Corporation and the Central Bank of Libya.
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