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Political Revolt and Youth Unemployment in Tunisia

Exploring the Education-Employment Mismatch

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Authors:
  1. Isabel Schaefer

    1. Humboldt University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany

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  • Investigates the skill mismatch between job offer and job demand on the Tunisian labour market and potential avenues for coping with it
  • Suggests that a reform of certain parts of the development system is needed in order to respond to the rapidly changing needs of the labour market
  • Argues that the central factor for the current skill mismatch consist in the nature of the education system and offers suggested reforms

Part of the book series: Middle East Today (MIET)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction

    • Isabel Schaefer
    Pages 1-5

  3. Reflections on the State of the Art and Various Theoretical Approaches

    • Isabel Schaefer
    Pages 7-19

  4. The Political Transition Context in Tunisia After 2011

    • Isabel Schaefer
    Pages 21-23

  5. Labor Market Trends

    • Isabel Schaefer
    Pages 25-36

  6. Structural Causes of Unemployment and the Skill Mismatch

    • Isabel Schaefer
    Pages 37-56

  7. Educational Causes and Features of Skill Mismatch

    • Isabel Schaefer
    Pages 57-80

  8. Three Ways to Tackle the Skill Mismatch

    • Isabel Schaefer
    Pages 81-88

  9. Youth Employment as Part of a New Development Model

    • Isabel Schaefer
    Pages 89-91

  10. Conclusions

    • Isabel Schaefer
    Pages 93-95

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 97-109
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About this book

This book discusses youth unemployment in post-revolutionary Tunisia, paying particular attention to the so-called skill mismatch. Youth unemployment was one of the major factors triggering the Tunisian revolution, and continues to be a central socio-economic challenge. The Tunisian labour market is marked by a strong increase of higher education graduates while the economic system is dominated by sectors mainly employing a less qualified labour force. This study investigates current labour market trends, and provides insights into the underlying causes of persisting high youth unemployment. The author argues that economic crisis, difficult political conditions since 2011, and inefficient labour market policies did not foster sufficient job creation, and that special attention needs to be paid to the educational causes of the skill mismatch in youth employment in future sustainable development models. 

Authors and Affiliations

  • Humboldt University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany

    Isabel Schaefer

About the author

Isabel Schaefer is Lecturer at Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany, and Associated Senior Researcher at German Development Institute.

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