Human capital : population economics in the Middle East / edited by Ismail Sirageldin.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Demographic transitions and economic performance in the Middle East and North Africa / Jeffrey G. Williamson and Tarik M. Yousef -- New challenges in the demography of the Arab region / Hoda Rashad and Zeinab Khadr -- Poverty in the Arab world : the role of inequality and growth / Ali A. Ali and lbrahim A. Elbadawi -- Budget deficit, renewable resource gap, and human resource development in oil economies / Yousef Al-Ebraheem and Ismail Sirageldin -- Population and education prospects in the Arab region / Anne Valia Goujon -- Population, human capital, and economic growth in Iran / Djavad Saleh-Isfahani -- Econometric analysis of fertility dynamics in Turkey / Ali C. Tasiran -- Globalization and unemployment in MENA / Jalaleddin Jalali and Farzaneh Roudi -- Female labor supply in Egypt : participation and hours of work / Ragui Assaad and Fatma El-Hamidi -- Differentials in income-generating activities and consumption expenditures between female and male-headed households in Turkey / İsmet Koç -- General versus vocational high schools and labor market outcomes in Turkey / Aysıt Tansel -- Rationality of migration / İnsan Tunalı -- A macroeconometric model of the effects of migrant remittances in Mediterranean countries / Nicholas P. Glytsos -- Big cities and migration : evidence from Egypt / Barry McCormick and Jackline Wahba.