Social & Economic Survey Research Institute Research: Recent submissions
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Bridging a gulf between environmental attitudes and behavior: Assessment of motivating factors for the youth in Qatar
( HBKU Press , 2016 , Conference)To this day, there is a dearth of published research on environmental awareness, attitudes and behaviour in the Arabian Gulf, and there is no systematic data regarding the value people place on the environment. Understanding ... -
The rise of Kuala Lumpur as an Islamic financial frontier
( Taylor & Francis , 2016 , Article)The rise of Kuala Lumpur as an Islamic financial frontier. Regional Studies. This paper examines Kuala Lumpur’s emergence as a prominent global Islamic financial centre. Its distance from the West and the Middle East offers ... -
Creating and sustaining Islamic financial centers: Bahrain in the wake of financial and political crises
( Taylor & Francis , 2016 , Article)Although primarily concentrated in countries with Muslim majorities, Islamic finance has become a global industry representing both a decentering of the global financial architecture and the emergence of an urban network ... -
ECONOMIC-DEVELOPMENT STAKEHOLDER PERSPECTIVES ON BOOMTOWN DYNAMICS IN THE EAGLE FORD SHALE, TEXAS
( Wiley , 2016 , Article)Unconventional oil and gas production in the United States reversed a decades- old trend of rising oil imports, provided an argument for lifting the U.S. crude oil export ban and motivated the development of domestic ... -
Climate Change and Temperature Warming in Qatar
( The Social and Economic Survey Research Institute, Qatar University , 2016 , Report)In October 2015 the Social and Economic Survey Research Institute (SESRI) at Qatar University Surveyed representative samples of Qatari national (769) and white-color residents (762) to understand batter their views about ... -
Housing Tenure and Economic Inequality among Qatari Citizens
( The Social and Economic Survey Research Institute, Qatar University , 2016 , Report)The most immediately effective measure to address housing inequality, which would generate additional benefits in many other areas, is the streamlining of administrative processes related to land allotment and infrastructure ... -
Perceptions and Impacts of the Oil Crash in Qatar
(2016 , Report)Qatari citizens, especially those employed in the public sector, are less likely than other people living in Qatar to be aware of the recent decline in oil prices. Among citizens who are aware, moreover, most seem to ... -
Public Acceptance of Taxation in Qatar
( Qatar University , 2016 , Report)Most Gulf countries have acknowledged that the traditional rentier system requires basic economic reform, and VAT could prove a more stable source of government revenue for oil producing countries. Results from two separate ... -
Why Qatar Needs a Guest Worker Welfare Index
( Qatar University , 2016 , Report)Ambiguity and acrimony surrounding the welfare of blue-collar guest workers in Qatar will continue in the current low-information environment devoid of comprehensive and scientific data on the status of low-income laborers. ... -
The prevalence of novel psychoactive substances (NPS) use in non-clinical populations: a systematic review protocol
( BioMed Central , 2016 , Article)Background Novel psychoactive substances (NPS) are new narcotic or psychotropic drugs that are not controlled by the United Nations drug convention that may pose a serious public health threat due to their wide availability ... -
A Hard Test of Individual Heterogeneity in Response Scale Usage: Evidence From Qatar
( Oxford University Press , 2016 , Article Review)A common approach to correcting for interpersonal differences in response category thresholds in surveys is the use of anchoring vignettes. Here we present results from the first applications of anchoring vignettes in ... -
Use of CAPI in surveys data collection SESRI experience
( The Social and Economic Survey Research Institute, Qatar University , 2011 , Presentation)In this presentation, we explained the technical challenges and how SESRI solved them to conduct successful CAPI surveys; also, we showed how SESRI dealt with the Qatari society in particular to make the interviewing ... -
A household-level decomposition of the white–black homeownership gap
( Elsevier B.V. , 2011 , Article)This paper uses a semiparametric homeownership model to estimate and to decompose the household-level white–black homeownership gap into an endowment component and a residual component across the distribution of homeownership ... -
Changes in the white–black house value distribution gap from 1997 to 2005
( Elsevier , 2012 , Article)This paper examines the white–black house value gap across the entire value distribution. Instead of using standard conditional mean analysis and decomposition methods (via OLS regression), we estimate and decompose the ... -
Parenting Young Arab Children: Psychometric Properties of an Adapted Arabic Brief Version of the Alabama Parenting Questionnaire
( Springer , 2016 , Article)Research has shown a connection between negative parenting practices and child conduct problems. One of the most commonly used measures to assess parenting practices is the Alabama parenting questionnaire (APQ). The current ... -
Estimating and decomposing changes in the White–Black homeownership gap from 2005 to 2011
( SAGE Publications , 2015 , Article)This study evaluates the effects of the recent US housing bust on the White–Black homeownership gap by estimating and decomposing the changes in the distribution of the gap between 2005 and 2011. Our analysis shows that ... -
SESRI Experience in Managing Field Laptops Deployment
( The Social and Economic Survey Research Institute, Qatar University , 2015 , Conference)In this technical presentation, I presented the way SESRI configure field laptops and prepare them to the field with maximum security aspects taken into consideration to safeguard against response data lost, Also how SESRI ... -
Use of GIS or Mapping for Case Assignment
( The Social and Economic Survey Research Institute, Qatar University , 2012 , Presentation)A technical paper where I presented SESRI way to locate potential respondent in CAPI surveys using GPS and paper maps to assist field interviewers to locate housed and offices easily and effectively, in this presentation, ... -
Accuracy and Coverage Assessment of House units Frame ,using Post-Frame update survey (PFS) Method
( The Social and Economic Survey Research Institute, Qatar University , 2015 , Conference & Presentation)Basically, the PFS is an independent survey that repeats frame update. The survey results are compared with house units frame results, permitting estimates to be made of : coverage and content errors. Coverage errors ... -
South-South Solutions for GCC Food Security and East African Agricultural Development: What potential role for the IsDB and Qatar North Mozambique?
( Turgut Ozal University , 2015 , Article)South-South Solutions for GCC Food Security and East African Agricultural Development: What potential role for the IsDB and Qatar North Mozambique? With a fast growing world population and decreasing arable land availability ...
