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

Conflict Intensity and Nascent Entrepreneurship: Evidence from Iraq

This paper assesses levels and trends in vulnerability to multidimensional poverty for two... Read More

Date

October, 2026

No.

1844

Topic

L2. Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior

O5. Economywide Country Studies

D7. Analysis of Collective Decision-Making

Working Papers

The Impact of the EU’s Emissions Trading System...

This paper assesses levels and trends in vulnerability to multidimensional poverty for two... Read More

Date

October, 2026

No.

1843

Topic

Q4. Energy

Q5. Environmental Economics

O1. Economic Development

Working Papers

Labor Market Dynamics and Economic Mobility: An Analysis...

This paper assesses levels and trends in vulnerability to multidimensional poverty for two... Read More

Date

October, 2026

No.

1842

Topic

J3. Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs

I3. Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty

J2. Demand and Supply of Labor

Working Papers

Conflict Exposure in a Multi-Sectarian Society: Evidence from...

This paper assesses levels and trends in vulnerability to multidimensional poverty for two... Read More

Date

October, 2026

No.

1841

Topic

C9. Design of Experiments

N4. Government, War, Law, International Relations, and Regulation

D7. Analysis of Collective Decision-Making

Working Papers

Does Automatic Enrollment Crowd Out Voluntary IPS Contribution?...

This paper assesses levels and trends in vulnerability to multidimensional poverty for two... Read More

Date

October, 2026

No.

1840

Topic

H3. Fiscal Policies and Behavior of Economic Agents

H2. Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue

D1. Household Behavior and Family Economics

Full List of ERF Publications

Working Papers
Vulnerability to Multidimensional Poverty in Algeria and Tunisia Using the Counting Based Approach and Bayesian Networks Classifiers

This paper assesses levels and trends in vulnerability to multidimensional poverty for two different years... Read More

Working Papers
Women’s Economic Empowerment in Sudan: Assets and Agency

This paper investigates women’s economic empowerment in Sudan, with a particular focus on their agency... Read More

Working Papers
Robots, Employment and Wages: Evidence from Turkish Labor Markets

In recent years, effects of automation on labor market were outpaced due to the widespread... Read More

ERF Journal
MEDJ – ERF Middle East Development Journal: December 2023

The impact of sanctions on household welfare and employment in Iran Djavad Salehi-Isfahani Wide-ranging US... Read More

Working Papers
Finance-Growth Nexus in Time of Covid-19 Lockdown: Case of Iranian MSMES

This paper examines the relationship between access to finance and financial constraint to growth in... Read More

Working Papers
False Negatives: Earnings Underreporting, Tax Overreporting in Surveys Worldwide

Household survey incomes are subject to misreporting and measurement issues biasing the static and dynamic... Read More

Working Papers
Do Capital Flows Cause (De)-Industrialization?

This paper aims to investigate the effect of capital flows on manufacturing in advanced (ADV),... Read More

Working Papers
Testing of Persistence in Firm Entry by Size, Sector, and Location: Case of Iran

This paper aims to investigate the stationary properties of entrepreneurship capital in the Iranian business... Read More

Working Papers
Unravelling the Puzzle of Low Female Labor Force Participation in Iran

That women’s labor force participation in the Islamic Republic of Iran has been consistently low... Read More

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