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. 17247
The Incidence and Wage Penalty of Overqualification: The Case of Egypt
Ali Fakih, Zeina Lizzaik
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15933
The Decision to Emigrate in Six MENA Countries: The Role of Post-Revolutionary Stress
Ali Fakih, Malak El Baba
published in: International Migration, 2023, 61 (4), 201-220
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15319
What Drives Demand for Private Tutoring in the Middle East and North Africa Region? Evidence from a Youth Survey
Ali Fakih, Nathir Haimoun, Anastasia Sleiman
published in: African Development Review, 2022, 34 (2), 268-279
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14583
Government Intervention and Business Response as Determinants of Business Continuity amid COVID-19: The Case of Jordan and Morocco
Anthony Fakhoury, Ali Fakih
published in: International Journal of Economic Policy in Emerging Economies, 2023, 17 (2), 196-219
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14207
Does the Legal Form Matter for Firm Performance in the MENA Region?
Issam Abdo Ahmad, Ali Fakih
published in: Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, 2022, 93 (2), 342-358
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14023
Ethnic Divisions and the Onset of Civil Wars in Syria
Salah Abosedra, Ali Fakih, Nathir Haimoun
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13104
Confidence in Public Institutions and the Run up to the October 2019 Uprising in Lebanon
Ali Fakih, Paul Makdissi, Walid Marrouch, Rami V. Tabri, Myra Yazbeck
published in: Journal of Econometrics, 2022, 228 (1), 205-227
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12618
Analyzing the Perceptions of Egyptian Youth about the Arab Spring
Ali Fakih, Pascal L. Ghazalian
published in: International Journal of Social Economics, 2021, 48 (1), 1658-1676
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12161
Did the Arab Spring Reduce MENA Countries' Growth?
Mahmoud Arayssi, Ali Fakih, Nathir Haimoun
published in: Applied Economics Letters, 2019, 26 (19), 1579-1585
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11903
Labor Market and Institutional Drivers of Youth Irregular Migration: Evidence from the MENA Region
Ghassan Dibeh, Ali Fakih, Walid Marrouch
published in: Journal of Industrial Relations, 2019, 61(2), 225-251
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