Nucifora, AntonioAngel-Urdinola, Diego F.Robalino, DavidAngel-Urdinola, Diego F.Nucifora, AntonioRobalino, David2014-12-022014-12-022015978-1-4648-0271-3https://hdl.handle.net/10986/20604Tunisians are striving for the opportunity to realize their potential and aspirations in a country that is rich in both human and physical capital, but whose recent economic growth has failed to create enough opportunities in the form of good and productive jobs. This report highlights the main barriers that hinder the Tunisian labor market from providing income, protection, and prosperity to its citizens and proposes a set of labor policies that could facilitate the creation of better, more inclusive, and more productive jobs. The weak economic performance and insufficient and low-quality job creation in Tunisia is primarily the result of an economic environment permeated by distortions, barriers to competition, and excessive red tape, including in the labor market. This has resulted in the creation of a insufficient number of jobs, especially in the formal sector. To change this situation, policy makers need to address five strategic directives that can promote long-term inclusive growth and formality: foster competition; realign incentives, pay, and benefit packages in the public sector; move toward labor regulations that promote labor mobility and provide support to workers in periods of transition; enhance the productivity of informal workers through training and skills building; and reform existing social insurance systems and introduce new instruments to attain broader coverage.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACCOUNTINGACTIVE EMPLOYMENTACTIVE LABORACTIVE LABOR MARKETACTIVE LABOR MARKET POLICIESACTIVE LABOR MARKET PROGRAMSAGE GROUPAGGREGATE UNEMPLOYMENTAGRICULTUREANNUAL LEAVEAVERAGE PRODUCTIVITYAVERAGE PRODUCTIVITY GROWTHAVERAGE WAGEAVERAGE WAGE PREMIUMAVERAGE WAGESBANK LENDINGBANKING SECTORBANKRUPTCYBANKRUPTCY PROCEDURESBANKSBARRIERS TO ENTRYBENCHMARKBENCHMARKSCOLLECTIVE AGREEMENTSCOLLECTIVE BARGAININGCOMPETITIVE PRESSURECONSUMPTION TAXESCONTRIBUTION RATECOST OF LIVINGCRAFTSMENCREATING JOBSCREATIVE DESTRUCTIONDEADWEIGHTDEBTDEPOSITSDEVELOPMENT ECONOMICSDEVELOPMENT POLICYDIMINISHING RETURNSDISMISSALDRIVERSECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC INEQUALITYECONOMIC PERFORMANCEECONOMIC POLICIESECONOMICSECONOMICS RESEARCHEMPLOYABILITYEMPLOYEEEMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONSEMPLOYMENT GROWTHEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIESEMPLOYMENT OUTCOMESEMPLOYMENT PROGRAMSEMPLOYMENT PROMOTIONEMPLOYMENT SEARCHEMPLOYMENT SERVICESEMPLOYMENT SHAREEMPLOYMENT STATUSENTREPRENEURSHIPEXPORTSFEMALE LABORFEMALE LABOR FORCEFINANCIAL CRISISFINANCIAL SECTORFINANCIAL SERVICESFIRM DYNAMICSFIRM ENTRYFIRM GROWTHFIRM SIZEFIRST-TIME JOB SEEKERSFISCAL POLICYFORMAL SECTOR WORKERSGDPGDP PER CAPITAGROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCTGROSS WAGESGROWTH RATEHEALTH INSURANCEHEALTH SERVICESHIGH UNEMPLOYMENTHOUSINGHUMAN CAPITALHUMAN DEVELOPMENTHUMAN RESOURCESINCOMEINEFFICIENCYINFORMAL SECTORINNOVATIONINTERNATIONAL MIGRATIONINTERNATIONAL TRADEJOB DESTRUCTIONJOB INSECURITYJOB SEARCHJOB SECURITYJOB SEEKERSJOB TENUREJOB-SEARCH ACTIVITIESJOB-SEARCH ASSISTANCEJOBSJOBS CREATIONLABOR COSTSLABOR DEMANDLABOR FORCELABOR FORCE PARTICIPATIONLABOR MARKET INDICATORSLABOR MARKET INSTITUTIONSLABOR MARKET OUTCOMESLABOR MARKET PERFORMANCELABOR MARKET POLICIESLABOR MARKET POLICYLABOR MARKET REFORMLABOR MARKET REFORMSLABOR MARKET SEGMENTATIONLABOR MARKETSLABOR MIGRATIONLABOR MOBILITYLABOR POLICIESLABOR POLICYLABOR PRODUCTIVITYLABOR REGULATIONLABOR REGULATIONSLABOR SHORTAGESLABOURLABOUR UNIONLAYOFFSLEGAL STATUSLONG-TERM UNEMPLOYMENTMACROECONOMIC CONTEXTMACROECONOMIC POLICYMACROECONOMICSMANUFACTURING INDUSTRIESMARGINAL PRODUCTIVITYMARKET ENTRYMATERNITY LEAVEMATHEMATICSMINIMUM WAGEMINIMUM WAGESMONOPOLIESMORTALITYNET EMPLOYMENTNET EXPORTSNET JOB CREATIONNEW ENTRANTSOCCUPATIONOCCUPATIONSPAYROLL TAXESPENSIONSPERSISTENT UNEMPLOYMENTPOLITICAL ECONOMYPRELIMINARY EVIDENCEPRIVATE FIRMSPRIVATE PARTNERSHIPSPRIVATE PROVIDERSPRIVATE SECTORPRIVATE SECTOR FIRMSPRIVATE SECTOR JOBSPRIVATE SECTOR WORKERSPRIVATE SECTORSPRODUCTIVE ACTIVITIESPRODUCTIVE EMPLOYMENTPRODUCTIVITY GAPPRODUCTIVITY GROWTHPRODUCTIVITY IMPROVEMENTSPROPERTY TAXESPUBLIC EMPLOYMENTPUBLIC EXPENDITURESPUBLIC POLICYPUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYEESPUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYMENTPUBLIC SECTOR JOBSPUBLIC WORKSPUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMREAL GDPRENTSRETIREMENTSAFETYSAFETY NETSSEMISKILLED LABORSEMISKILLED WORKERSSERVANTSSERVICE SECTORSSEVERANCE PAYSKILLED LABORSKILLED WORKERSSOCIAL SAFETY NETSSOCIAL SECURITYSTABLE JOBSTATE INTERVENTIONSTRUCTURAL CHANGETECHNICAL ASSISTANCETELECOMMUNICATIONSTOTAL EMPLOYMENTTOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITYTRADE POLICYTRAINING PROGRAMSTRANSITION ECONOMIESTRANSPORTUNEMPLOYEDUNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITSUNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCEUNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE SYSTEMUNEMPLOYMENT RATEUNEMPLOYMENT RATESVALUATIONVALUE ADDEDVOCATIONAL TRAININGWAGE DETERMINATIONWAGE FLOORSWAGE NEGOTIATIONWAGE POLICIESWAGE PREMIUMSWAGE SUBSIDIESWEALTHWORK EXPERIENCEWORKERWORKERSWORKING CONDITIONSYOUTH EMPLOYMENTYOUTH TRAINING10.1596/978-1-4648-0271-3