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

Imed Drine () and Anis Bou Abid

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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, qualification).

Keywords: labour market; structural unemployment; technical efficiency; matching across regions; developing country. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C23 J64 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010-01
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