Research

Publications

1.“Home Affordability Crisis and Delayed Fertility: Evidence from the USA” (2024) with Irakli Japaridze. Population Research and Policy Review, 43(2), 1-23.  

2. “Are Wars Detrimental to the Environment?” (2024) with Walid Marrouch. Forthcoming in Oxford Development Studies.

3.  “Environmental Awareness and Firm Creation” (2024) with K. Peren Arin, Alessandro De Iudicibus and Nicola Spagnolo.  Journal of Economic Studies, 51(9), 137-147.

4. “Youth Voting Behavior and Institutional Change in the Post-Arab Spring” (2023) with Ali Fakih and Mohammad Hammoud.  Economic and Political Studies, 1-27. 

5. “How did COVID-19 lockdowns affect firms and workers? Evidence from Jordan and Morocco” (2023) with Ali Fakih and Rihab Baltaji.  Development Policy Review, 41(6), e12722. 

6. “Adaptation to climate change and emissions: halo effect or complacency?” (2022) with Salpie Djoundourian and Walid Marrouch. Energy Journal 43(4), 215-230. 

7. “Dying from Envy: The Role of Inequality.” (2021) with Irakli Japaridze, Health Economics 30(6), 1374-1392. 

8. “After-School Care, Childcare Arrangements and Child Development.” (2020) with Ailin He, Journal of Human Capital 14(4), 617-652. 

9. “Hedonic Housing Prices and Environmental Quality in Lebanon.” (2020) with Walid Marrouch, International Journal of Housing Markets and Analysis 14(5), 953-968. 

10. "Information Assymetry and Dividend Policy around the Sarbanes-Oxley Act." (2020) with Mostafa Harakeh and Ghida Matar, Journal of Economic Studies. 

11. “The Impact of Maternal Care on Child Development: Evidence from Sibling Spillover Effects of a Parental Leave Reform” (2019), Labour Economics, 58: 167-186. 

12. “Experimental Evidence on the Relation between Personality Traits and Preferences” (2019) with Jim-Engle Warnick and Sonia Laszlo, Bulletin of Economic Research 72(3), pp.288-317. 

13. “The Effects of a Change in the Point System on Immigration. Evidence from the 2001 Quebec Reform” (2016) with Matthieu Chemin. Journal of Population Economics, 29(4), 1217-1247.

Working Papers

1.  “The Impact of After-School Care on Maternal Labor Market Outcomes” with Ailin He and Laetitia Renee. Under Review

2. “Do Social Movements Affect Educational Outcomes? Theory and BLM Evidence” with Kemal Kivanc Akoz, K. Peren Arin and Sudipta Sarangi. Under Review

3. “Discrimination Awareness and Corporate Reputation” with Mariem Khalifa, Mehdi Khedmati and Mohammed Aminu Sualihu.

4. “Environmental Awareness and Behavior: Evidence from an Experiment” with K. Peren Arin and Jose Maria Ortiz.

5. “The Political Economy of Resource Abundance and War: An Empirical Examination” with Farah Al Shami, Mahmoud Arayssi and Walid Marrouch. Under Review.