Ali Fakih

Research Fellow

Lebanese American University

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Research Interests

Ali Fakih is a Professor and the Chair of the Department of Economics at the Lebanese American University. He is also a Fellow at the Economic Research Forum (ERF), IZA Institute of Labor Economics, Centre for Interdisciplinary Research and Analysis of Organizations (CIRANO), and Global Labor Organization (GLO). He received his PhD in Economics in 2011 from HEC Montréal, the business school affiliated with l’Université de Montréal. His research interests include Labor Economics, Development Economics, Gender Economics, Econometrics, Finance-Growth Nexus, Political Transformations, MENA Economies. His articles have appeared in international journals such as Journal of Econometrics, Review of Political Economy, Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, Defence and Peace Economics, Tourism Economics, Journal of Agricultural Economics, International Journal of Manpower, Journal of Industrial Relations, Social Indicators Research, and International Migration, Social Science Quarterly among others.

He joined IZA as a Research Affiliate in August 2012 and became a Research Fellow in April 2018.

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IZA Publications

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10493
Decision to Emigrate Amongst the Youth in Lebanon
Ghassan Dibeh, Ali Fakih, Walid Marrouch
published in: International Migration, 2018, 56 (1), 5-22
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9667
The Impact of Syrian Refugees on the Labor Market in Neighboring Countries: Empirical Evidence from Jordan
Ali Fakih, May Ibrahim
published in: Defence and Peace Economics, 2016, 27 (1), 64-86
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9404
What Factors Influence Firm Perceptions of Labour Market Constraints to Growth in the MENA Region?
Ali Fakih, Pascal L. Ghazalian
published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2015, 36 (8), 1181-1206
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8772
Institutions and Development in MENA Region: Evidence from the Manufacturing Sector
Mahmoud Arayssi, Ali Fakih
published in: International Journal of Social Economics, 2015, 42 (8), 717-732
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8469
Vacation Leave, Work Hours and Wages: New Evidence from Linked Employer-Employee Data
Ali Fakih
published in: Labour, 2014, 28 (4), 376-398
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8190
Availability of Family-Friendly Work Practices and Implicit Wage Costs: New Evidence from Canada
Ali Fakih
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7197
Female Labour Force Participation in MENA's Manufacturing Sector: The Implications of Firm-Related and National Factors
Ali Fakih, Pascal L. Ghazalian
publslihed as 'Female Employment in MENA’s Manufacturing Sector: The Implications of Firm-related and National Factors' in: Economic Change and Restructuring, 2015, 48 (1), 37-69
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7172
Why Some Firms Export? An Empirical Analysis for Manufacturing Firms in the MENA Region
Ali Fakih, Pascal L. Ghazalian
published as 'Which Firms Export? An Empirical Analysis for the Manufacturing Sector in the MENA Region' in: Journal of Economic Studies, 2014, 41 (5), 672-695
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6822
Determinants of Domestic Workers' Employment: Evidence from Lebanese Household Survey Data
Ali Fakih, Walid Marrouch
published as 'Who hires foreign domestic workers? Evidence from Lebanon' in: Journal of Developing Areas, 2014, 48 (3), 339-352
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