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

Financialization and Income Inequality

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

Date

December, 2025

No.

1821

Topic

F6. Economic Impacts of Globalization

F4. Macroeconomic Aspects of International Trade and Finance

I3. Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty

O1. Economic Development

Working Papers

Informality and Heterogeneity: Assessing Monetary Policy Transmission in...

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

Date

December, 2025

No.

1820

Topic

E1. General Aggregative Models

E3. Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles

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

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

Working Papers

Innovation Activities and Sustainable Firm Growth in Arab...

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

Date

December, 2025

No.

1819

Topic

L1. Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance

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

Working Papers

Stuck in War: The PKK Conflict and Intergenerational...

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

Date

December, 2025

No.

1818

Topic

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

I1. Health

I2. Education and Research Institutions

J2. Demand and Supply of Labor

Working Papers

Investor Herding and Islamic Moral Economy and Finance:...

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

Date

December, 2025

No.

1817

Topic

G1. General Financial Markets

Full List of ERF Publications

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

Working Papers
Productive Efficiency in Bahrain Economy

The main objective of this study is to measure and analyze one of the most... Read More

Working Papers
Transporting Turkish Exam Takers: A New Use For an Old Model

This paper argues that the transportation model of linear programming can be used to administer... Read More

Working Papers
Self-Rated Health and Primary Care Utilization: Is Selection into Healthcare Endogenously Determined?

This study assesses the causal effects of primary care utilization on subjective health status in... Read More

Working Papers
Export Concentration and Competition: Does the Firms Type Matter?

Trade liberalization enhances the competition in the market as it increases the quality and the... Read More

Working Papers
Marriage Outcomes and Women Empowerment After Marriage: A Three Countries Story

This paper provides a first step in the analysis of an understudied phenomenon: women’s bargaining... Read More

Working Papers
Does Public Health Insurance Increase Maternal Health Care Utilization in Egypt

We assess the impact of health insurance on the utilization of maternal health care services... Read More

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