Contact
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Social Science and Global Studies
Hattiesburg
MS
39402
United States
ABOUT
Edward Sayre is currently serving as the 2021-2022 Humphrey Distinguished Visiting Professor of Economics at Macalester College. This year, he is on leave from his position as Professor of Economics and Director of the School of Social Science and Global Studies at the University of Southern Mississippi. Sayre’s research focuses on the economics of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and statistical analyses of Middle East labor markets, including those of Tunisia, Palestine, and Qatar. Sayre is the co-editor (with Tarik M. Yousef) of Young Generation Awakening: Society, Economy, and Policy on the Eve of the Arab Spring (Oxford University Press, 2016). Before starting the position at USM, Sayre was a visiting research associate at the Palestine Economic Policy Research Institute (MAS) in Jerusalem and taught at Kenyon College and Agnes Scott College. From 2010-2012 Dr. Sayre was a Non-Resident Fellow for Global Economy and Development at the Brookings Institution and from 2011-2016 was a Research Fellow at Fikra consulting in Doha, Qatar. Dr. Sayre also served on the Board of Directors of the Middle East Economic Association from 1999 to 2015.
Discipline
Economics
Sub Areas
Development
Political Economy
Arab-Israeli Conflict
Gulf Studies
Geographic Areas of Interest
Israel
Palestine
Qatar
Specialties
Intl Trade
Labor Mkts
Reg Integration
Languages
Arabic (intermediate)
Hebrew (elementary)
Education
PhD
| 1999
| Econ
| U Texas, Austin
Abstracts
Generation Awakening: Middle East Youth on the Eve of the Arab Spring
Inclusive growth and the school to work transition of young people in the Middle East and North Africa
Labor Market Reform, Labor Nationalization, and Regional Economic Challenges in Qatar
The Impact of the Syrian Refugee Crisis on Economic Outcomes and Political Attitudes of Young People in Lebanon and Jordan
