The Tunisian labor market in an era of transition / edited by Ragui Assaad and Mongi Boughzala.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Assaad, Ragui, editor.

Boughzala, Mongi, 1947- editor.

UPSO (University Press Scholarship Online)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Labor market--Tunisia.

Labor market.

Tunisia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxxii, 302 pages)

polychrome

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2018.

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Cover; The Tunisian Labor Market in an Era of Transition; Copyright; Foreword; Preface; References; Acknowledgments; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Contributors; 1: The Composition of Labor Supply and Unemployment in Tunisia; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 The Growth of the Working Age Population; 1.3 The Educational Composition of the Working Age Population; 1.4 Labor Force Participation; 1.5 Employment to Population Ratios; 1.6 Unemployment and Under-Employment Rates; 1.7 Conclusions; Appendix Tables: Standard Errors and Confidence Intervals for the Main Labor Market Aggregates

3: Employment and the Functioning of the Labor Market3.1 Introduction; 3.2 The Structure of the Labor Market: An Overview; 3.2.1 Labor Demand; THE STRUCTURE OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND THE INFORMAL SECTOR; The Formal Sector; Small and Medium Enterprises; Large Modern Firms; The Informal Sector; 3.2.2 Labor Supply; POPULATION; EDUCATION; 3.3 Institutions and Laws; 3.3.1 The Education System; 3.3.2 Labor Institutions; WAGE DETERMINATION; COLLECTIVE BARGAINING; HIRING AND FIRING RULES; Hiring and Firing in the Private Sector; Public Sector Specific Legislation; CONFLICT RESOLUTION; SOCIAL SECURITY

5.4 Women's Unemployment5.5 The Determinants of Women's Participation and Employment Status: an Econometric Analysis; 5.5.1 Related Literature; 5.5.2 Empirical Results; 5.6 Conclusion; Appendix Tables; References; 6: Gender and Labor Markets in Tunisia's Lagging Regions; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Population and Labor Force Participation in Lagging and Leading Regions; 6.3 Employment, Unemployment, and Inactivity in Lagging and Leading Regions; 6.4 Wages in Lagging and Leading Regions; 6.5 The Determinants of Employment in Tunisia; 6.6 The Determinants of Wages in Tunisia; 6.7 Conclusion

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Oxford Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 10, 2018).

ISBN:

9780192559906

0192559907

9780191864698

0191864692

Publisher Number:

40028680869

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.