Unemployment can take several forms, including demand deficient, structural, real wage, frictional, and voluntary unemployment. There are many causes of unemployment, such as being between jobs, being laid off, or quitting a previous position. High youth unemployment in Tunisia is due to a surge in the youth population combined with a lack of jobs and mismatch between education and market needs. Unemployment can lead to increased poverty, crime, substance abuse, and even suicide. Solutions proposed include improving education quality and practical skills training, encouraging rural development and industries, and rapid industrialization.

1. Université de Sfax
Faculté de science économique et gestion de
Sfax

4.  Unemployment represents the number of
people in the work force who want to work
but do not have a job.

5.  Summary of Unemployment Types
 Demand Deficient
 Structural Unemployment : workers lack
necessary skills or geographical immobility
 Real Wage Unemployment : wages above
equilibrium
 Frictional unemployment : workers in
between jobs
 Voluntary Unemployment : workers prefer
not to work

6.  Opening up of economy to global
competition
 Need for change in youth job
expectations
 Need for reform of educational
curriculum

7. People can be unemployed for many
reasons:
 They quit their position and are
looking for a new one.
 They were laid off due to lack of work
and haven't yet been rehired

8.  Slowdown in mortality/fertility rates
unprecedented surge in youth population
 Demographic burden: unprecedented
demand
for education, housing, jobs…
 Tunisia: educational returns not being
realized

9.  Unemployment and poverty goes side by
side. The problem of unemployment gives
rise to the problem of poverty

10.  Young people after a long time of
unemployment find the wrong way to
earn money.
 Increase rate in Crimes.
As the employed youth
don’t have anything to do
they start
doing robbery, murder etc.

11.  To get rid from the unemployment
stress, they accept alcohol or drugs.
 Unemployed youths accepts
suicide as the last option
of their life
 Lower economic growth

13.  The very first solution for the
unemployment is The quality of education
should be improved. The current education
system is not up to the level , you should
Before completing the education a practical
knowledge should be given.
 Also today’s yorth should join the institute
or select the course where proper training
is given and the course is as per the
current industries requirements. Take the
course as per your interest and which will
bright your future.

15.  Government should encourage and
develop the agriculture based industries
in rural areas so that the rural
candidates don’t migrate to the urban
areas. More employment should be
generated in rural areas for the seasonal
unemployment people.
 Rapid Industrialization should be
created.
 Development of the rural areas will stop
the migration of the rural people to the
urban cities and this will not put more
pressure on the urban city jobs.