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Record Nr.

UNINA9910300524503321

Autore

Schaefer Isabel

Titolo

Political Revolt and Youth Unemployment in Tunisia : Exploring the Education-Employment Mismatch / / by Isabel Schaefer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2018

ISBN

3-319-65085-8

Edizione

[1st ed. 2018.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XIII, 109 p. 4 illus., 2 illus. in color.)

Collana

Middle East Today

Disciplina

320.956

Soggetti

Middle East—Politics and government

Middle East—Economic conditions

Africa—Politics and government

Religion and politics

Identity politics

Middle Eastern Politics

Middle Eastern and North African Economics

African Politics

Politics and Religion

Politics and Gender

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Labour Market Trends and the Skill Mismatch -- Chapter 3: Structural Causes for Unemployment and the Skill Mismatch -- Chapter 4: Educational Causes and Features of the Skill Mismatch -- Chapter 5: Recommendations: Three Avenues to Address the Skill Mismatch.

Sommario/riassunto

This book discusses youth unemployment in post-revolutionary Tunisia, paying particular attention to the so-called skill mismatch. Youth unemployment was one of the major factors triggering the Tunisian revolution, and continues to be a central socio-economic challenge. The Tunisian labour market is marked by a strong increase of higher education graduates while the economic system is dominated by sectors mainly employing a less qualified labour force. This study investigates current labour market trends, and provides insights into



the underlying causes of persisting high youth unemployment. The author argues that economic crisis, difficult political conditions since 2011, and inefficient labour market policies did not foster sufficient job creation, and that special attention needs to be paid to the educational causes of the skill mismatch in youth employment in future sustainable development models. .