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On trade policy and workers’ transition between the formal and informal sectors: An application to the MENA region in the time of COVID-19

Fida Karama Department of Economics and Finance, Gulf University for Science and Technology, Hawally, KuwaitCorrespondence[email protected]
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Chahir Zakib Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo university, Giza, Egypt
Pages 796-817 | Received 08 Nov 2022, Accepted 17 May 2023, Published online: 12 Jun 2023

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