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Atelier de recherche franco-allemand
Berlin, 5.-6.9.2013
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Chomage de jeunesse, ducation etd!elo""ement
#outh $nem"lo%ment, education andde!elo"ment
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&utline
Objective and research questions
Methodology
Findings
Summing up
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&'jecti!e and(esearch )uestions
analyse unemployment situation in SouthernMediterranean
identify factors and explain unemployment
evaluate impact of education on employment
assess effects of education and employment ondevelopment
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*ethodolog%
Literature review to describe unemployment situation in
Southern Mediterranean to identify the major causes of
unemployment
Comparative data analysis
to describe unemployment situations in otherdeveloping regions
to identify in which areas SouthernMediterranean is lagging
to explain how andor why SouthernMediterranean lagging in these areas
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$nderstanding$nem"lo%ment
!nemployment is an outcome of desequilibriumbetween labour supply and demand at a givenwage rate"
#ublic sector$ job creation %or labour demand&can be insensitive to price %i"e" wage rate&"
#rivate sector$ under the assumption of perfectcompetition' job creation %or labour demand& is
price sensitive"
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$nderstandingunem"lo%ment
Source$ (uthor)s own elaboration"
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+indings 1 $nem"lo%ment An &!er!ie/
Source$ (uthor)s own elaboration and *he +orld ,an-".ote$ Latest data available"
/igh unemployment rate in Southern Mediterranean"
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+indings 2 ome interesting
facts
0mpirical evidence presented by 1reishan%2344& and others shows that there is littleor no correlation between economic growth
and %un&employment"
*herefore' the results suggest that the
unemployment problem in SouthernMediterranean is most li-ely related tostructuralunemployment that cannot be
solved by simply boosting economic growth"
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+indings 3 dentif%ing factors of
unem"lo%ment
/igh population growth rate
#ublic sector expansion %used in the past&
5lobalisation and competition
S-ills mismatch
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+indings igh "o"ulation
gro/th rate
/igh population andlabour force rate inSouthernMediterranean"
Situation continues todeveloped in 0gypt andLebanon"
Source$ (uthor)s own elaboration and *he +orld ,an-"
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+indings 54"anding "u'lic
sector em"lo%ment
Source$ (uthor)s own elaboration and *he +orld ,an-"
Compensation of employees %6 of expense&
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+indings 6oes social 'enefits "la%a role in unem"lo%ment7
Source$ (uthor)s own elaboration and *he +orld ,an-"
Social contribution %6 of revenue&
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+indings 8ills mismatch m%th
Source$ (uthor)s own elaboration and +orld 0conomic Forum"
;uality of education %2344
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+indings :;here is the sills mismatch7
More than =3 percent of tertiary graduatesin Southern Mediterranean specialised inarts' social sciences' business' law and
humanities"
Less than >3 percent of them graduatedfrom natural science and engineering
faculties"
(rts
,usiness
Social Science Law
/umanities
.atural Science
0ngineering
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+indings 9
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+indings 10;hich s"ecific
areas to im"ro!e7
< Southern Mediterranean has less favourable businessenvironment than middle income group"
< four areas to improve to promote more competitiveprivate sector$
a& dealing with construction permits %2@"A= placingslag&
b& 5etting credit %2B"A@&c& ?egistering property %4="2&d& 0nforcing contracts %4="AA&
< equilibrate pay and productivity"
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+indings 11o/ to mae thela'our force more
com"etiti!e 7
Source$ (uthor)s own elaboration and +orld 0conomic Forum"
#ay and #roductivity' 2344
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+indings 12=lim"se into the%ouths> attitude
Source$ *he Silatech Dndex$ Eoices of oung (rabs' 2344"
Strengths$< increasingly educated< hardwor-ing' ambitious and career