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Jobs, earnings, and routine-task occupational change in times of revolution: The Tunisian perspective

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  • Mohamed Ali Marouani
  • Minh-Phuong Le
  • Michelle Marshalian

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In this paper we investigate the links between wage inequality and the changing nature of jobs in a revolution context. The methodology consists of various decompositions and regressions, including recentred influence function regressions, based on Tunisian labour force surveys from the past 20 years. Tunisia's labour market during the period of investigation is characterized by a decreasing earnings inequality following the fall of education premia, and an asymmetric wage polarization led by the increase of the lowest wages.

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  • Mohamed Ali Marouani & Minh-Phuong Le & Michelle Marshalian, 2020. "Jobs, earnings, and routine-task occupational change in times of revolution: The Tunisian perspective," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2020-171, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
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