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Economics has rediscovered happiness even though the discipline has always been about human wellbeing. A growing evidence suggests that happier people can be more productive and innovative, which leads to profitability and economic growth. Thus, there are concerted efforts to measure happiness...
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This paper adds quantitative analysis to the study by Crompton et al. (2020), in which various alternative regulatory arrangements regarding the petrol price in South Africa were explored. We use a multi-sector dynamic computable general equilibrium model for South Africa to conduct our economic...
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This paper discusses the channels of impact of an extractives activity on an economy by presenting a brief description supported by graphics of the different routes through which the direct economic and social impacts of these activities might be enhanced. These routes include those that often...
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, training and funding. The focus is on Tunisia, a developing country characterized by high level of unemployment, particularly …
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In this paper, we explore the link between firm productivity and exporting using three firm level datasets of 1323 Tunisian manufacturing firms from 2004 to 2006. In particular, we examine whether more productive firms self-select into export markets, and whether exporters achieve productivity...
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In this scooping paper on the Tunisian economy we review the historical background of the economy which has undergone substantial structural change since independence in 1956. In particular we emphasize that past record of consistent growth has often masked inequality, regional disparities and...
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In this paper, we examine the pattern of spatial concentration of manufacturing industries observed in Tunisia and …
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advantage of recent developments in the stochastic frontier techniques and estimates the matching function for Tunisia using …
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of two North African countries, Morocco and Tunisia. We do so by performing a multivariate time series analysis of … in the long run, but has no effect on the real exchange rate in the case of Tunisia. Remittances cause a real … depreciation in Tunisia but have no significant effect in Morocco, while FDI does not have an effect on the real exchange rate in …
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, based on Tunisian labour force surveys from the past 20 years. Tunisia's labour market during the period of investigation is …
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