Publications
Journal Articles
Training teachers for diversity awareness: Impact on school attendance of refugee children. (Co-authored with Semih Tumen and Michael Vlassopoulos) Journal of Human Resources, forthcoming.
Impact of Refugees on Male Immigrants’ Labor Market Outcomes in Jordan, (Co-authored with Bilal Malaeb) International Migration Review. 2024, vol. 58, Issue 1, March 2024, pp. 410-441 .
Expecting Brexit and UK Migration: Should I go? (Co-authored with Valentina Di Iasio) European Economic Review, August 2023, vol. 157, 104484
Syrian Refugees and the Migration Dynamics of Jordanians: Moving in or moving out? (Co-authored with Nelly Elmallakh) Economic Development and Cultural Change, July 2023, vol. 71, no. 4. (CReAM DP version)
Return versus Onward Migration: Go Back or Move On? (Co-authored with Govert Bijwaard), Review of Income and Wealth, 2023, vol.69, no. 3, pp.640-667.
Terror Headlines and Voting. (Co-authored with Armine Ghazaryan and Corrado Giulietti) Economic Letters, July 2022. (Also CPC DP 98, March 2022).
Return Migrants and the Wage Premium: Does the Legal Status of Migrants Matter? (Co-authored with Nelly Elmallakh) Journal of Population Economics, 2021.
Cooperation in a Fragmented Society: Experimental Evidence on Syrian Refugees and Natives in Lebanon (Co-authored with Michalis Drouvelis, Bilal Malaeb, Michael Vlassopoulos), Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2021, vol. 187, 176-191.
Upward or Downward: Occupational Mobility and Return Migration (Co-authored with Nelly Elmallakh), World Development, 2021, vol. 137, 105203.
The Impact of Brexit on International Students' Return Intentions (Co-authored with Jane Falkingham, Corrado Giulietti and Chuhong Wang), The Manchester School 2021, vol. 89, 139-171.
The Impact of Refugees on Employment and Wages in Jordan, Journal of Development Economics, 2019, vol.139, 203-216 (Co-authored with Belal Fellah & Caroline Krafft)
Immigrants' Wage Growth and Selective Out-Migration, Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2019, vol. 81, no. 5, 1065-1094, (Co-authored with Govert Bijwaard)
International migration as a driver of political and social change: evidence from Morocco, Journal of Population Economics, 2019, vol. 32, 1171–1203 (Co-authored with Michele Tuccio & Bachir Hamdouch)
Return Migration and the Transfer of Gender Norms: Evidence from the Middle East, Journal of Comparative Economics, 2018, 46:1006-1029. (Co-authored with Michele Tuccio)
Strong versus weak ties in migration. European Economic Review, 2018, vol. 104, 111-137. (Co-authored with Corrado Giulietti & Yves Zenou)
Remigration Plans and Migrants' Behaviour, Regional Science & Urban Economics, January 2018, vol. 68, 56-72.(Co-authored with Bastien Chabé-Ferret & Joel Machado)
Flexible Labor Regulations and Informality. Review of Development Economics, Special Issue, 2017, vol. 21, no 4, 962–984. (Co-authored with Ragui Assaad)
Selection, selection, selection: the impact of return migration, Journal of Population Economics, 2015, vol. 28, 535-563. Lead article.
Welfare Magnet Hypothesis, Fiscal Burden, and Immigration Skill Selectivity, Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2015, vol. 117, 369-402. (Co-authored with Assaf Razin)
Return migration and entrepreneurship in Morocco, Middle East Development Journal, 7, 2015, 129-148 (Co-authored with Bachir Hamdouch).
Do High-Income or Low-Income Immigrants Leave Faster? Journal of Development Economics, 2014, vpl. 108, 54-68. (Co-authored with Govert Bijwaard)
The Impact of Labor Market Dynamics on the Return-Migration of Immigrants, The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2014 , 96(3): 483–494. (Co-authored with Govert Bijwaard & Christian Schluter).
Entrepreneurship of the Left-Behind, Research in Labor Economics, 2013, (Co-authored with Corrado Giulietti & Klaus Zimmermann).
Out of Sight, Out of Mind: Migration, Entrepreneurship and Social Capital. 2012. Regional Science and Urban Economics. Sept 2012, vol. 42, 890-903. (Co-authored with Yves Zenou).
Are parents altruistic? Evidence from Mexico. Journal of Population Economics, June 2010, vol. 23, no 3, 1025-1046 (co-authored with Christian Schluter).
Child labour, Urban Proximity and Household Composition, Journal of Development Economics. April 2006, vol. 79, no 2, 374-397. (co-authored with Marcel Fafchamps).
The Influence of Market Wages and Parental History on Child Labour and Child Schooling in Egypt. Journal of Population Economics. November 2006, vol. 19, 832-852.
Density, social networks and job search methods: Theory and application to Egypt, Journal of Development Economics, December 2005, vol. 78, 2, 443-473. (Co-authored with Yves Zenou).
Why Do the Young and Educated in LDCs Concentrate in Large Cities? Evidence from Migration Data, Economica, 2005, vol. 72, 39-67. (Co-authored with Barry McCormick).
Return International Migration and Geographical Inequality: The Case of Egypt Journal of African Economies, 2003, vol. 12, no. 4, 500-532 . (Co-authored with Barry McCormick)
Did Public Jobs with Wage Premiums Fuel Agglomeration in LDCs? Journal of Development Economics, April 2003, vol. 70, 349-379. (Co-authored with Barry McCormick)
Overseas Work Experience, Savings and Entrepreneurship amongst Return Migrants to LDCs. The Scottish Journal of Political Economy, Special Issue, May 2001, vol.48, no 2,164-178. (Co-authored with Barry McCormick).
Overseas Employment and Remittances to a Dual Economy, April 2000, The Economic Journal, vol. 110 no 463, pp.509-534. (Co-authored with Barry McCormick).
Liberalizing Trade in Financial Services: The Uruguay Round and the Arab Countries, July 1998, World Development, vol. 26 no. 7, pp.1331 -1348. (Co-authored with Mahmoud Mohieldin).
The Transmission of Dutch Disease and Labour Migration, Journal of International Trade and Economic Development, September 1998, vol.7 no.3, pp.355-365.