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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.
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The Tradeoff between Child Quantity and Child Quality: Testing Becker’s Q-Q Model and Long-terms Effects on Women Using Data from Egypt
Becker's (1960) seminal work on the economics of fertility introduced the child quantity-quality (Q-Q) tradeoff... Read More
Informing Policies Amid Multidimensional Poverty Changes: Impact Simulation and Poverty-Reduction Optimization
The Arab region continues to suffer from tragedies of recurring conflicts and crises, characterized by... Read More
A Geospatial Analysis of Food Insecurity Among Refugee Households in Lebanon Using Machine Learning Techniques
This study integrates geospatial analysis with machine learning to understand the interplay and spatial dependencies... Read More
The Incidence and Wage Penalty of Overeducation: The Case of Egypt
The phenomenon of overeducation is becoming increasingly common across many countries. In this research study,... Read More
Traders’ War Against Trade Walls: Evidence from Import Prohibition in Iran
It is an acknowledged fact that traders employ different tactics to circumvent trade barriers imposed... Read More
GVC and Labor Market Outcomes: Evidence from MENA
This paper studies the effect of global value chains (GVC) participation on wages in Egypt,... Read More
Regional and International Financial Integrations: The Drivers and Collateral Benefits
This paper investigates the drivers and collateral benefits of international (and regional financial integrations (... Read More
Does Global Value Chain Participation Lead to Economic Upgrading?
Despite extensive research on Global Value Chains (GVCs), there remains a notable lack of empirical... Read More
News Sentiment in Destination Countries and Migration Choices: Evidence from Libya
This paper examines the impact of changes in the sentiment of migration related news in... Read More