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

Drine, Imed and Bou Abid, Anis (2010): Efficiency frontier and matching process on the labor market: Evidence from Tunisia.

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).

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: labour market, structural unemployment, technical efficiency, matching across regions, developing country.
• Subjects: C - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods > C2 - Single Equation Models ; Single Variables > C23 - Panel Data Models ; Spatio-temporal Models; J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J6 - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers > J64 - Unemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, and Job Search

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