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This chapter looks at current trends on the Tunisian labor market and the challenge of skill mismatch.

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Notes

  1. 1.

    http://www.ins.nat.tn/fr/publication/note-sur-lenqu%C3%AAte-nationale-de-l%E2%80%99emploi-t1-2017 (9.6.2017).

  2. 2.

    BAfD, OCDE, PNUD 2015: African Economic Outlook: Tunisie 2015. Tunis: BAfD, p. 2. http://www.ilo.org/gateway/faces/home/ctryHome?locale=EN&countryCode=TUN&regionId=1&_adf.ctrl-state=a3ho0tkxu_9 (7.7.2015).

  3. 3.

    http://www.ins.nat.tn/fr/publication/note-sur-lenqu%C3%AAte-nationale-de-l%E280%99emploi-t1-2017 (9.6.2017).

  4. 4.

    http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SL.TLF.CACT.ZS (9.6.2017).

  5. 5.

    http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SL.TLF.CACT.ZS/countries/TN?display=graph (9.6.2017). http://www.theglobaleconomy.com/Tunisia/Labor_force_participation/ (9.6.2017).

  6. 6.

    Pierre, Gaelle (2014): Background Note. Bringing Young People into the Labor Market. Building the Future, p. 1, http://www.imf.org/external/np/seminars/eng/2014/act/pdf/Session3-Youth.pdf (1.10.2015).

  7. 7.

    http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SL.UEM.1524.ZS (9.6.2017).

  8. 8.

    http://www.ilo.org/gateway/faces/home/ctryHome?locale=EN&countryCode=TUN&regionId=1&_adf.ctrl-state=a3ho0tkxu_9 (7.7.2015).

  9. 9.

    http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/253011468180259354/pdf/104123-CAS-P151690-Box394874B-OUO-9-R2016-0074.pdf (9.6.2017); BAfD, OCDE, PNUD 2015: African Economic Outlook: Tunisie 2015. Tunis: BAfD, p. 2.

  10. 10.

    http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/253011468180259354/pdf/104123-CAS-P151690-Box394874B-OUO-9-R2016-0074.pdf (9.6.2017).

  11. 11.

    Le Maghreb, 8.7.2015.

  12. 12.

    For instance, the president of the entrepreneurs ’ association UTICA is a woman: Ouided Bouchamaoui; or Sabiha Derbal became the new PDG of the state-owned train company SNCFT.

  13. 13.

    http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/253011468180259354/pdf/104123-CAS-P151690-Box394874B-OUO-9-R2016-0074.pdf (9.6.2017).

  14. 14.

    “L’emploi informel est quand à lui défini comme l’emploi sans protection. Plusieurs charactéristiques peuvent être considérées à cet égard pour une définition précise: protection sociale, contrat écrit, feuilles de salaires, indemnités de licenciement, etc. Du fait de ces définitions, l’emploi informel, ainsi que l’emploi non protégé dans le secteur formel. Conformément aux définitions de l’OIT (2003), le secteur et l’emploi informels composent ce qui est désigné sous le terme d’économie informelle” (Cling et al. 2012: 7).

  15. 15.

    ONEQ (2013): Rapport Annuel sur Le marché du travail en Tunisie. Tunis: ONEQ, p. 9.

  16. 16.

    Pierre, Gaelle (2014): Background Note. Bringing Young People into the Labor Market. Building the Future, p.1. http://www.imf.org/external/np/seminars/eng/2014/act/pdf/Session3-Youth.pdf (1.10.2015).

  17. 17.

    Interviews with entrepreneurs and experts, Tunis, 26.8-16.3.2015.

  18. 18.

    Small enterprise means 5–20 employees; medium enterprise means 20–100 employees; large enterprise means more than 100 employees.

  19. 19.

    Underemployed population is a subcategory of employed population, does not appear in official statistics about unemployed persons. http://www.ilo.org/global/statistics-and-databases/statistics-overview-and-topics/under-employment/lang--en/index.htm (21.10.15).

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Schaefer, I. (2018). Labor Market Trends. In: Political Revolt and Youth Unemployment in Tunisia. Middle East Today. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65085-2_4

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