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

Policy Briefs

Reversing the Trend: Policy Levers for Jordan’s Labor...

This paper examines the causality between remittances (REMs) and financial sector development (FD)... Read More

Date

April, 2026

No.

PB 158

Topic

J1. Demographic Economics

Policy Briefs

Job Quality Has Improved for Jordanians Since 2016,...

This paper examines the causality between remittances (REMs) and financial sector development (FD)... Read More

Date

April, 2026

No.

159

Working Papers

The Evolution of the Structure of Employment and...

This paper examines the causality between remittances (REMs) and financial sector development (FD)... Read More

Date

April, 2026

No.

1827

Topic

N3. Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy

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

J2. Demand and Supply of Labor

Working Papers

Household Appliances, Infrastructural Services and Married Women’s Unpaid...

This paper examines the causality between remittances (REMs) and financial sector development (FD)... Read More

Date

April, 2026

No.

1826

Topic

D1. Household Behavior and Family Economics

J2. Demand and Supply of Labor

J1. Demographic Economics

O1. Economic Development

Working Papers

Making Trade Policy Innovation Friendly: What Role of...

This paper examines the causality between remittances (REMs) and financial sector development (FD)... Read More

Date

April, 2026

No.

1825

Topic

O3. Technological Change, Research and Development, Intellectual Property Rights

F1. Trade

Full List of ERF Publications

Working Papers
Time-Varying Casual Nexuses Between Remittances and Financial Development in Some MENA Countries

This paper examines the causality between remittances (REMs) and financial sector development (FD) in MENA... Read More

Working Papers
Unemployment and Violent Extremism: Evidence from Daesh Foreign Recruits

Transnational terrorist organizations such as the Islamic State (also known as Daesh) have shown an... Read More

Working Papers
Cronyism, firms’ Productivity and Informal Competition in Egypt

This paper* investigates the role of informal firms’ competition in determining the micro-level effect of... Read More

Working Papers
Efficiency Assessment of Tunisian Public hospitals Using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA)

In the recent past years, Tunisia pursued a national policy on health which was directed... Read More

Working Papers
Labor Market Activities of Syrian Refugees in Turkey

Drawing on data from a survey of 1,235 Syrian refugees, this article examines individual, cohort... Read More

Working Papers
The Number and Characteristics of Syrians in Jordan: A Multi-Source Analysis

Jordan has experienced a substantial influx of refugees from Syria since 2011. The Jordanian government... Read More

Working Papers
Socioeconomic Status and the Changing Nature of School-to-Work Transitions in Egypt, Jordan and Tunisia

This paper examines the evolution of initial labor market outcomes across cohorts of school leavers... Read More

Working Papers
Identifying Global and National Output and Fiscal Policy ShocksUsing a GVAR

The paper contributes to the growing global VAR (GVAR) literature by showing how global and... Read More

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