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Conference papers represent key, cross-cutting themes that are selected through a rigorous peer-review process, following an open call for submissions. These papers are presented during the ERF Annual Conferences and are subject to constructive feedback from experienced referees.
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Traders’ War Against Trade Walls: Evidence from Import Prohibition in Iran
It is an acknowledged fact that traders employ different tactics to circumvent trade barriers imposed... Read More
The Incidence and Wage Penalty of Overeducation: The Case of Egypt
The phenomenon of overeducation is becoming increasingly common across many countries. In this research study,... Read More
A Geospatial Analysis of Food Insecurity Among Refugee Households in Lebanon Using Machine Learning Techniques
This study integrates geospatial analysis with machine learning to understand the interplay and spatial dependencies... Read More
Informing Policies Amid Multidimensional Poverty Changes: Impact Simulation and Poverty-Reduction Optimization
The Arab region continues to suffer from tragedies of recurring conflicts and crises, characterized by... Read More
The Tradeoff between Child Quantity and Child Quality: Testing Becker’s Q-Q Model and Long-terms Effects on Women Using Data from Egypt
Becker's (1960) seminal work on the economics of fertility introduced the child quantity-quality (Q-Q) tradeoff... Read More
Income Shocks, Bride Price and Child Marriage in Turkey
This paper investigates the impact of income shocks and bride price on early marriage in... Read More
Female Headship and Poverty in the Arab Region: Analysis of Trends and Dynamics Based on a New Typology
Various challenges are thought to render female-headed households (FHHs) vulnerable to poverty in the Arab... Read More
A Comprehensive Analysis of the Dynamic Space-time Impacts of Climate Change on Poverty in Egypt
This paper explores the relationship between climate conditions and poverty in Egypt at a subnational... Read More
Financial Inclusion and Threshold Effects in Carbon Emissions
While the financial inclusion would induce greater pollutant emissions through its impact of economic activity,... Read More