AbdelRahmen El Lahga
Associate Professor, Institut superieur de Gestion de Tunis, Tunisia
Abdelrahmen El Lahga currently works at the Faculté des sciences économiques et de gestion de Tunis, University of Tunis. Abdelrahmen does research in Labor Economics, Microeconomics and Development Economics. Their current project is 'Employment Growth, Productivity and Jobs reallocations in Tunisia.
Areas of Interest:
- Development Economics
- Applied Micro-econometrics
- Microeconomics
- Statistics and Econometrics
Education:
- Ph.D., Université Louis Pasteur Strasbourg, France, 2008,
- M.Sc., General Economics, Faculté des Sciences Economiques et de Gestion de Tunis, 1996,
- B.Sc., General Economics, Faculté des Sciences Economiques et de Gestion de Tunis, 1993.
Experience:
- Associate Professor, Institut superieur de Gestion de Tunis, Tunisia - present
- Teaching Assistant Faculté de Droit et des Sciences Economiques et Politiques de Sousse, Tunisia
Latest Publications:
- Tunisian constituent assembly elections: how does spatial proximity matter? (with Mohamed Amara), Quality & Quantity: International Journal ofMethodology, Springer, vol. 50(1), January 2016, pages 65-88
- Estimating the impact on poverty of Ghana's fuel subsidy reform and a mitigating response (with Edgar Cooke, Sarah Hague, John Cockburn & Luca Tiberti), Journal of Development Effectiveness, vol 8, issue 1, 2016, pages 105-128
- A note on MAR and Jacobs externalities in the Tunisian manufacturing industries (with Mohamed Amara), Letters in Spatial and Resource Sciences, Springer, vol. 8(2), July 2015, pages 151-167
- Are children decision makers within the household? (with Anyck Dauphin, Bernard Fortin and Guy Lacroix.) The Economic Journal: vol 121, issue 553, 2011, pp 871-903
- Decomposing Income Inequality in The Arab Region (with Sami Bibi). Middle East Development Journal: vol 3, issue 1, 2011, pp 99-117.
- On the Contribution of Migration and Sectoral Natural Population Growth to the Aggregate Poverty Change (with Rim Chatti), Journal of Population Economics 21: 183-190, 2008.
- Are children decision makers within the household? (with Anyck Dauphin, Bernard Fortin and Guy Lacroix.) revise and resubmit at The Economic Journal, 2008.
Public-Private Wage Disparities, Employment and Labor Market Segmentation in Tunisia
Areas of Interest: Development Economics Applied Micro-econometrics Microeconomics Statistics and Econometrics Education: Ph.D., Université Louis Pasteur Strasbourg, France,... Read More
December, 2017
Working PapersInequality and Polarization in the Arab World
Areas of Interest: Development Economics Applied Micro-econometrics Microeconomics Statistics and Econometrics Education: Ph.D., Université Louis Pasteur Strasbourg, France,... Read More
December, 2012
Policy PerspectivesA Unified Framework to Decomposing Inequality with Illustrations to Some Arab Countries
Areas of Interest: Development Economics Applied Micro-econometrics Microeconomics Statistics and Econometrics Education: Ph.D., Université Louis Pasteur Strasbourg, France,... Read More
August, 2011
Working PapersA Unified Framework to Measuring Inequality in The Arab Countries
Areas of Interest: Development Economics Applied Micro-econometrics Microeconomics Statistics and Econometrics Education: Ph.D., Université Louis Pasteur Strasbourg, France,... Read More
November, 2010
Working PapersGenerating Reliable Data to Perform Distributional Analysis in the Arab Region
Areas of Interest: Development Economics Applied Micro-econometrics Microeconomics Statistics and Econometrics Education: Ph.D., Université Louis Pasteur Strasbourg, France,... Read More
October, 2010
Working PapersTrends, Profile and Determinants of Inequality in Selected Arab Countries
Areas of Interest: Development Economics Applied Micro-econometrics Microeconomics Statistics and Econometrics Education: Ph.D., Université Louis Pasteur Strasbourg, France,... Read More
2012-01-01
National Dialogue on the Social Protection System in Tunisia
Areas of Interest: Development Economics Applied Micro-econometrics Microeconomics Statistics and Econometrics Education: Ph.D., Université Louis Pasteur Strasbourg, France,... Read More
Oct 31, 2022
Structural Change, Productivity and Jobs Creation: Evidence from Tunisia
Areas of Interest: Development Economics Applied Micro-econometrics Microeconomics Statistics and Econometrics Education: Ph.D., Université Louis Pasteur Strasbourg, France,... Read More
Mar 02, 2022
Jobs and Growth in North Africa: Webinar Series organized by ERF and ILO
Areas of Interest: Development Economics Applied Micro-econometrics Microeconomics Statistics and Econometrics Education: Ph.D., Université Louis Pasteur Strasbourg, France,... Read More
Jul 05, 2021
Tunisia Chapter: Launch of Progress of Women in the Arab States 2020 Report
Areas of Interest: Development Economics Applied Micro-econometrics Microeconomics Statistics and Econometrics Education: Ph.D., Université Louis Pasteur Strasbourg, France,... Read More
Dec 09, 2020