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...

Using data from national-level households survey, this study seeks to fill a gap... 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...

Using data from national-level households survey, this study seeks to fill a gap... 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...

Using data from national-level households survey, this study seeks to fill a gap... 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...

Using data from national-level households survey, this study seeks to fill a gap... 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...

Using data from national-level households survey, this study seeks to fill a gap... 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
Maghreb Rural-Urban Migration: The Movement to Morocco’s Towns

Using data from national-level households survey, this study seeks to fill a gap in the... Read More

Working Papers
The Role of Housing Markets in the Timing of Marriage in Egypt, Jordan, and Tunisia

The transition to adulthood in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is increasingly characterized... Read More

Working Papers
Employment’s Role in Enabling and Constraining Marriage in the Middle East and North Africa

This paper makes use of a series of comparable surveys to investigate the role of... Read More

Working Papers
Intrahousehold Resource Allocation in Egypt: Does Women’s Empowerment Lead to Greater Investments in Children?

This paper presents new empirical evidence from Egypt on the existence of intrahousehold allocation bias.... Read More

Working Papers
Economic Performance and Unemployment: Evidence from an Emerging Economy – Turkey

This article examines whether various macroeconomic policy shocks have different effects on the overall unemployment... Read More

Working Papers
De Facto Exchange Rate Policies in the MENA Region: Toward Deeper Cooperation

The adoption of exchange rate policy coordination and cooperation within a regional framework becomes a... Read More

Working Papers
General or Vocational? Evidence on School Choice, Returns, and “Sheep Skin” Effects from Egypt 1998

The debate on the relative benefits of upper secondary vocational education and of general education... Read More

Working Papers
Industrial Energy Policy: A Case Study of the Demand in Kuwait

The purpose of building the industrial energy demand model was to assess the impact of... Read More

Working Papers
Unemployment Rate in the United Arab Emirates: The Case of Abu Dhabi

Unemployment is a critical social and economic problem in both developed and developing countries. This... Read More

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