Publications

Connecting People and Ideas... Through its impartial, independent and timely analysis of economic problems on the one hand and a well-established publications process on the other, ERF seeks maximize impact of development research and to inform policy debate and policy discussions. Our portfolio includes a Series of Working Papers and Series of Policy Reports, Policy Briefs and Policy Perspectives.

Latest ERF Publications

Working Papers

The Impact of Soft Power on Inward Foreign...

This paper develops a youth well-being index, which allows for the first time... Read More

Date

September, 2025

No.

1794

Topic

Q4. Energy

H5. National Government Expenditures and Related Policies

E2. Consumption, Saving, Production, Investment, Labor Markets, and Informal Economy

F2. International Factor Movements and International Business

Working Papers

Does High Liquidity Creation Reduce the Efficiency of...

This paper develops a youth well-being index, which allows for the first time... Read More

Date

September, 2025

No.

1793

Topic

E5. Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit

G2. Financial Institutions and Services

Working Papers

The Interplay Between Fertility and Female Labor Market...

This paper develops a youth well-being index, which allows for the first time... Read More

Date

August, 2025

No.

1792

Topic

J2. Demand and Supply of Labor

J1. Demographic Economics

Working Papers

The Impact of Price, Legality, and Flavor Availability...

This paper develops a youth well-being index, which allows for the first time... Read More

Date

August, 2025

No.

1791

Topic

K3. Other Substantive Areas of Law

I1. Health

I2. Education and Research Institutions

Working Papers

Harassment and Female Labor Force Participation: Micro-Level Evidence...

This paper develops a youth well-being index, which allows for the first time... Read More

Date

August, 2025

No.

1790

Topic

R4. Transportation Economics

J2. Demand and Supply of Labor

J1. Demographic Economics

Full List of ERF Publications

Working Papers
A Multi-Dimensional Measure of Well-being among Youth: The Case of Palestinian Refugee Youth in Lebanon

This paper develops a youth well-being index, which allows for the first time to expand... Read More

Working Papers
Price Synchronicity, Inter-Firm Networks, and Business Groups in the Middle East and North Africa

Business groups are an essential part of the political economy of almost all capitalist countries.... Read More

Working Papers
Productivity and Resource Misallocation: Evidence from Firms in Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region Countries

Resource reallocation from low to high productivity firms can generate large aggregate productivity gains with... Read More

Working Papers
Public Versus Private Sector Wage Gap in Egypt: Evidence from Quantile Regression on Panel Data

This paper considers the public and private sector wage earners in Egypt and examines their... Read More

Working Papers
Social Security Entitlement in Maghreb Countries: Who is Excluded? Who is not Interested?

The issue of whether informal jobs are chosen voluntarily by workers or as a strategy... Read More

Working Papers
Gender Discrimination in the Tunisian Labor Market: The Youth Crisis

This paper combines micro-level and macro-level approaches into a unified empirical design to understand the... Read More

Working Papers
Measuring Vulnerability to Multidimensional Poverty in Tunisia: Dual cut-off method and Fuzzy Sets approach

The aim of this paper is to measure the vulnerability of multidimensional poverty in Tunisia.... Read More

Working Papers
Education Interrupted: Enrollment, Attainment, and Dropout of Syrian Refugees in Jordan

Education is a key means to integrate refugee populations into their host countries, as well... Read More

Working Papers
Growth and Environmental Degradation in MENA Countries: Methodological Issues and Empirical Evidence

A large number of studies on the validity of the environmental Kuznets curve for MENA... Read More

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