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

Applying rich micro-level data for 2013 and 2020, this paper juxtaposes the living... 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...

Applying rich micro-level data for 2013 and 2020, this paper juxtaposes the living... 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...

Applying rich micro-level data for 2013 and 2020, this paper juxtaposes the living... 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...

Applying rich micro-level data for 2013 and 2020, this paper juxtaposes the living... 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:...

Applying rich micro-level data for 2013 and 2020, this paper juxtaposes the living... Read More

Date

December, 2025

No.

1817

Topic

G1. General Financial Markets

Full List of ERF Publications

Working Papers
The 2020 Covid-19 Pandemic and Foreign Workers’ Income-Consumption Profiles: Accounts from Two Micro-Level Surveys

Applying rich micro-level data for 2013 and 2020, this paper juxtaposes the living conditions and... Read More

Policy Briefs
The Pandemic and Care Policies: A Good Crisis that Should not Go to Waste

In a nutshell Women’s subjective well-being (SWB) in Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, and Tunisia during the... Read More

Edited Volumes
The Egyptian Labor Market: A Focus on Gender and Economic Vulnerability

Edited by Caroline Krafft and Ragui Assaad An up-to-date analysis of the Egyptian labor market,... Read More

Working Papers
Unpacking the Effects of Covid-19 on Labor Market Outcomes: Evidence from Turkey

This paper investigates how the pandemic affected the labor market in Turkey, using a unique... Read More

Working Papers
Covid-19, Vulnerability and Policy Response: A CGE Model of Egypt

This paper examines the effect of the COVID-19 shock on the Egyptian economy using a... Read More

Working Papers
Impact of Covid-19 on Tunisian Imports

The COVID-19 pandemic significantly disrupted trade flows between countries, thereby revealing the vulnerability of global... Read More

Working Papers
Firm Closures and Performance in A Time of Pandemic

We use data from the 2020/21 Egyptian Industrial Firm Behavior Survey (EIFBS) to assess the... Read More

Working Papers
Do Egyptian Trade Unions Have Any Bargaining Power?

I contribute to the study of wage determination in the MENA region by studying the... Read More

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