Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/54077 
Year of Publication: 
2010
Series/Report no.: 
WIDER Working Paper No. 2010/123
Publisher: 
The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), Helsinki
Abstract: 
This paper studies the determinants of the inefficient functioning of the Tunisian labour market. The study takes advantage of recent developments in the stochastic frontier techniques and estimates the matching function for Tunisia using disaggregated data. We include control variables as determinants of matching efficiency and regional disparities. We confirm that the persistently high rate of unemployment is the result of not only excess labour supply but is also related to a shortfall between supply and demand, i.e. sector, location, qualification.
Subjects: 
labour market
structural unemployment
technical efficiency
matching across regions
developing country
JEL: 
J64
ISBN: 
978-92-9230-361-7
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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