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...

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

Date

April, 2026

No.

PB 158

Topic

J1. Demographic Economics

Policy Briefs

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

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

Date

April, 2026

No.

159

Working Papers

The Evolution of the Structure of Employment and...

Business groups are an essential part of the political economy of almost all... 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...

Business groups are an essential part of the political economy of almost all... 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...

Business groups are an essential part of the political economy of almost all... 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
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

ERF Journal
Middle East Development Journal – Volume 10, Issue 2, 2018

Articles in this issue: Crony interlockers and the centrality of banks: the network of Moroccan... Read More

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