Dr. Samer Kherfi | American University of Sharjah
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College / Department

School of Business Administration
Department of Economics

Teaching areas

Econometrics, International Economics, Macroeconomics, Introductory Economics, Middle East Economics

Research areas

Labor Markets, Economics of Education, Macroeconomics

Education

PhD, Economics, Simon Fraser University, Canada, 2002
MA, Economics, University of Ottawa, Canada, 1994

Professional experience

Associate Professor, Economics, American University of Sharjah, 2016 - Present
Assistant Professor, Economics, American University of Sharjah, 2002 - 2016

Contact

[email protected]
+971 6 515 2540

Dr. Samer Kherfi

Associate Professor
PhD, Simon Fraser University, Canada

Samer Kherfi has been teaching courses in labor economics, Middle East economics, international economics, econometrics and introductory economics. His current research interests are focused on the economics of education and labor economics.

Publications

Samer Kherfi, Jonas Bausch, Alexandra Irani And R Al-mokdad. Labor market challenges of Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon: A qualitative Assessment of Employment Service Centres, Ilo Impact Report Series, 2018
Paul Dyer, Samer Kherfi, Edward Sayre And Tarek Yousef. Gulf youth and the labor market, 2016
Samer Kherfi, R Asaad And C Krafft. Determinants of Unemployment Duration, 2015
Hamid Baghestani And Samer Kherfi. An error-correction modeling of US consumer spending: are there asymmetries?, Journal Of Economic Studies, 2015
Hamid Baghestani, Ilker Kaya And Samer Kherfi. Do changes in consumers' home buying attitudes predict directional change in home sales?, Applied Economics Letters, 2013
Samer Kherfi. Whose opinion is it anyway? Determinants of participation in student evaluation of teaching, Journal Of Economic Education, 2011
Samer Kherfi. Economic education in the Middle East: are the determinants of success in introductory economics any different?, The Journal Of Economic Education, 2008
Hamid Baghestani And Samer Kherfi. How well do US consumers predict the direction of change in interest rates?, The Quarterly Review Of Economics And Finance, 2008
Samer Kherfi And Mohammed Soliman. FDI and economic growth in CEE and MENA countries: A tale of two regions, International Business \& Economics Research Journal, 2005
Rg Harris And Samer Kherfi. Productivity growth, convergence, and trade specialization in Canadian manufacturing, The Canadian Institute For Advanced Research, Working Paper, 2001

Conference Presentations

Exports, Diversification and Economic Growth in the GCC States, London School Of Economics, June 2021
Gender preference and family size in Egypt, 5th Forum For Research In Finance And Economics, 18 April 2019
GCC Economies in Transition, 1 March 2019
Growth and Employment Intensity in the GCC, 30th Meeting, January 2019
Effects of perceptions of opportunities on outcomes: The case of UAE youth, 93 Annual Meeting, 26 June 2018

Grants and sponsorships

Grant, Export Composition and Diversification in the UAE, London School of Economics, May 2019 - December 2020
Sponsored Research, UAE Revenue Forecasting and Diversification (2022-2026), Ministry of Finance, May 2019

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