?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Fpublications.ut-capitole.fr%2Fid%2Feprint%2F47425%2F&rft.title=An+empirical+analysis+of+the+social+contract+in+the+MENA+region+and+the+role+of+digitalization+in+its+transformation&rft.creator=Gasmi%2C+Farid&rft.creator=Kouakou%2C+Dorgyles&rft.creator=Noumba+Um%2C+Paul&rft.creator=Rojas+Milla%2C+Pedro&rft.subject=B-+ECONOMIE+ET+FINANCE&rft.description=This+paper+presents+an+empirical+application+and+analysis+of+the+social+contract+in+MENA+countries+based+on+the+conceptual+framework+proposed+by+Loewe+et+al.+(2021).+We+suggest+a+simple+operational+model+synthesizing+a+social+contract's+three+main+characteristics%3A+Participation%2C+Protection%2C+and+Provision%2C+between+a+government+and+its+citizens.+This+empirical+%223-P%22+framework+allows+us+to+investigate+the+role+that+government+provision+and+protection+may+have+on+citizen+participation%2C+which+is+particularly+pertinent+given+the+political+and+economic+development+of+MENA+countries.+We+compare+our+evaluation+of+the+health+of+MENA+countries'+social+contract+to+that+of+OECD+countries%2C+and+find+empirical+evidence+that+the+social+benefits+provided+to+citizens+through+improved+delivery+of+basic+services+have+come+at+the+cost+of+impaired+political+Participation.+This+feature+of+the+social+contract+in+MENA+may+be+considered+one+of+the+root+causes+of+the+social+turmoil+some+countries+have+been+struggling+with+in+recent+decades.+Digital+transformation+is+one+potentially+powerful+channel+through+which+the+relationship+between+government+and+citizens+can+improve%2C+and+we+find+that+it+has+a+three-year+lagged+positive+effect+on+the+quality+of+the+social+contract+in+MENA+and+that+this+effect+is+inversely+U-shaped.+This+suggests+that+structural+and+institutional+improvements+in+MENA+countries+are+called+for+before+the+quality+of+their+social+contract+reaches+levels+comparable+to+those+of+OECD+countries.&rft.publisher=TSE+Working+Paper&rft.date=2023-03&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=text&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fpublications.ut-capitole.fr%2Fid%2Feprint%2F47425%2F1%2Fwp_tse_1423.pdf&rft.identifier=++Gasmi%2C+Farid+%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.idref.fr%2F069829721%3E%2C+Kouakou%2C+Dorgyles%2C+Noumba+Um%2C+Paul+and+Rojas+Milla%2C+Pedro++(2023)+An+empirical+analysis+of+the+social+contract+in+the+MENA+region+and+the+role+of+digitalization+in+its+transformation.++TSE+Working+Paper%2C+n.+23-1423+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Ftse-fr.eu%2Fpub%2F128020&rft.language=en