Efficiency frontier and matching process on the labour market: Evidence from Tunisia

Anis Bou Abid and Imed Drine ()

Economic Modelling, 2011, vol. 28, issue 3, 1131-1139

Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to study the determinants of the inefficient functioning of the Tunisian labour market. The study takes advantage of the recent development 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 (sector, location, and qualification).

Keywords: Labour; market; Structural; unemployment; Technical; efficiency; Matching; across; regions; Developing; country (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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