Applied economics research
Working papers and short research on Kuwait's economy, cities, and public institutions.
Each page leads with the question, main result, and claim boundary before the full PDF.
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Two working papers · Updated August 2026
An outcome-blind economic admission audit in Kuwait
Bottom lineThe audited satellite candidates do not support a confirmatory design; all prespecified proxy variants remain exploratory.
Job access and registered property transactions in Kuwait
Bottom lineThe apparent land pattern is driven by one peripheral market and is not a stable causal reform effect.
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Two completed working papers · August 2026
Employment centres, concentration, and the separation of workplace and residence
Bottom lineKuwait had multiple threshold-defined employment centres; workers were more concentrated than establishments, and fine geography revealed substantial workplace-residence separation.
The 2025 to 2026 restart, maturity structure, and bank absorption
Bottom lineThe restart created six maturity points and a longer issuance mix, but local-bank absorption and published bids do not prove market liquidity.
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Research notes, blogs, and explainers published at the evidence tier their data support.
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One exploratory research note · August 2026
Observed-sale price gradients around phased road openings in Kuwait
Bottom lineFour estimates are imprecise, and the western events reuse geography. The evidence does not support a causal access claim.
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Six research blogs and one provisional explainer · August 2026
National oil-product flows around Al-Zour's operating ramp-up
Bottom lineNational refinery output and exports rose sharply, but national flow data cannot assign each barrel or the change to Al-Zour.
Six product baskets, origin concentration, and a mechanical currency index
Bottom lineSix import baskets have different origin structures and currency loadings. The measures are not inflation or pass-through estimates.
Capital budgets, closing accounts, and project-stage records measure different things
Bottom lineThe rates use different denominators and spending universes. Neither rate measures physical project completion.
Why a rising national share can hide a falling Kuwaiti headcount
Bottom lineThe national share rose while Kuwaiti headcount fell slightly because registered non-Kuwaiti employment contracted much faster.
A field-level audit of one indexed CAPT winning-bids page
Bottom lineThe page aids tender discovery but lacks numeric values and the competitive choice set. The ten-row audit does not support portal-wide inference.
Finance, digital payments, and reported obstacles in the 2025 Enterprise Survey
Bottom lineLoan use and measured credit constraint are low, while reported no-need is high. The leading obstacle estimates have overlapping intervals.
How Decision 109/2026 governs both sides of the delivery market
Bottom lineThe rule combines fee caps with multi-homing, ranking, data, payouts, complaints, and enforcement. Public evidence shows the rulebook, not market effects.
Publication stage and evidence type are kept separate. A completed paper can remain descriptive, while a short research blog can provide a useful measurement result without claiming causality.
Every entry states its public-data ceiling. Ministry of Justice estimates are attributed as "Kuwait Ministry of Justice; author's calculations." Public pages and PDFs exclude transaction rows, deed identifiers, exact transaction locations, restricted firm records, and other raw research data.