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equations are estimated using data (1971–96) for importable and exportable sectors in Tunisia. Causality tests show that … of labour increased dramatically in Tunisia as women entered the labour market. This allowed importable employment to be …
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This paper investigates the process of adjustment in employment. A dynamic model is applied to a panel of six Tunisian manufacturing industries observed over the period 1971– 96. The adjustment process is industry and time specific. The adjustment parameter is specified in terms of factors...
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This paper analyzes the dynamics of the youth labor market in Tunisia using unique labor force survey data from 2005 to …
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This paper analyses the hiring and separation rates in Tunisia before and after the Arab Spring of 2011. Several models … presence of continued risk factors in Tunisia's labour market resulting from the global financial crisis in 2008 and the Arab … separation decisions remained present in Tunisia's labour market. In addition, the paper looks at various social issues such as …
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aspect of the EITC that has received little attention thus far is its role as a public insurance program. Yet, the structure … to both wages and changes in family structure. Our study provides the first quantitative statement about the insurance … demographic risk, but have only limited self-insurance capacity. We use the model to compare outcomes under the EITC to the …
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Do migrants send remittances as a way of obtaining insurance? While this motive is theoretically suggested in the … a "purchase of self-insurance" motive to remit, we also provide evidence of more remittances sent by risk averse …
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drive the demand for risk reduction, and some to alter both. Our findings suggest that 30 percent of all insurance payments …
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partial insurance of parental investments against permanent income shocks, but the magnitude of the estimated responses is … small. We cannot reject the hypothesis full insurance against temporary shocks. Another interpretation of our findings is … that there is very little insurance available, but the fact that skill is a non-separable function of parental investments …
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The potentially adverse labor market effects of severance pay mandates are a continuing source of policy concern. In a seminal study, Lazear (1990) found that contract avoidance of severance pay firing costs was theoretically simple – a bonding scheme would do – but that empirically the...
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This paper analyzes data from a novel field experiment designed to test the impact of two different insurance products … simulated by a lottery. Risk-sharing is possible in solidarity groups of three and insurance is introduced via less risky … insurance if shocks are observable. Depending on insurance design, there is also evidence for persistence of this effect even if …
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