Tunisian youth vulnerability determinants, measurement and explanations by tlpms

Abstract EN

In this paper we give analysis of Tunisian youth’s vulnerability by introducing economic, social and matrimonial aspects.

We specially examined schooling and dropout, work and unemployment, urban and rural zones, wealth and poverty of parents and small or large families.

Empirical analysis is based on data selected from the Tunisian Labor Market Panel Survey (TLMPS) conducted in 2014 by Economic Research Forum (ERF) with a sample sized of more than 4000 youth and 6000 households.

By developing an “Index of Youth Vulnerability” (IYV) we measure six dimensions of the youth vulnerability: educational attainment, participation in the labor market, wealth and health, gender, region of residence and urban or rural area.

The IYV has been analyzed by an econometric model to ascertain factors that are most significant in explaining youth vulnerability in Tunisia.

The main findings emerging from this paper indicate that household size, marital status and rural location affects vulnerability of youth.

However, when analyzing regional impact on vulnerability, we found that the west regions are more vulnerable then east regions.-