Areas of Interest:

• Firms’ and workers’ vulnerability to Covid-19 crisis
• Structural Change and Skilled Labor Demand
• Evaluation of the Impact of Policies and Shocks
• International Migration and Employment

Education:

• Accreditation for research supervision (HDR), Paris 1-Panthéon-Sorbonne University, 2015
• Ph.D., Economics, University of Montpellier I, France, 2003 (with honors), International Center for Advanced Mediterranean Studies, France, 1998
• M.Sc., Agricultural Economics and Development Administration, International Center for Advanced Mediterranean Studies, France, 1998
• Master, Agricultural Development Economics, National School of Agronomic Sciences (ENSAM), 1996

Experience:

• Representative in Tunisia, Institute of Research for Development, 2019-Present
• Associate Professor, Université Paris1-Panthéon-Sorbonne/IEDES, 2005-Present
• DIAL (IRD/Paris-Dauphine University) research associate 2002-Present
• Program Officer, SISERA, International Development Research Center, Dakar, 2004-2005

Latest Publications:

• David, A. M.A. Marouani, C. Nahas and B. Nilsson 2020, « The economics of the Syrian refugee crisis in neighboring countries. The case of Lebanon", with, The Economics of Transition and Institutional Change, volume 28, no 1, pp. 89-109 [2020].
• Ben Braham, M and M.A. Marouani,2019 « Pension Systems Contribution Determinants: a Cross Sectional Analysis on Tunisia », Middle-East Development Journal, 11:1, 30-48.
• Marouani, M.A. and B. Nilsson “The Labor Market Effects of Skill-biased Technological Change in Malaysia”, Economic Modelling, Volume 57, pp. 55-75.
• David, A. M.A. Marouani 2018, "Migration Patterns and Labor Market Outcomes", chapter 10 in: The Tunisian Labor Market in an Era of Transition, Assaad and Boughzala eds., Oxford University Press.
• El Lahga A., Marouani, M. A. and R. Ben Ayed Mouelhi 2016, “Tunisia: Jobs to combat high youth unemployment”, Chapter 7 in: Jobs for Development: Challenges and Solutions in Different Country Settings, Betcherman and Rama eds., Oxford University Press, 336 p.
• Marouani, M.A. and R. Mouelhi 2016, “Contribution of Structural Change to Productivity Growth : Evidence from Tunisia”, Journal of African Economies, Volume 25, Issue 1, pp.110–132.
• David, A. and Marouani, M.A. 2015, “Migration and Employment Interactions in a Crisis Context: the case of Tunisia.”, Economics of Transition, volume 23, issue 3, pp. 597–624.
• Marouani, M.A. and D. Robalino 2012, “Assessing interactions among education, social insurance and labor market policies in Morocco”, Applied Economics, volume 44, N_ 24, pp. 3149-3167.
• Bottini, N., Marouani, M.A. and L. Munro 2011 “Service sectors restrictiveness and economic performance : An estimation for the MENA region», The World Economy volume 34(9), pp. 1652-1678.