Mohamed Ali Marouani
Associate Professor of Economics, Sorbonne University
Mohamed Ali Marouani is Associate Professor of Economics at the Sorbonne University, ERF Research Fellow and founder of the Evidence Policy Impact Lab (2024). Between 2019 and 2024, Mohamed Ali served as ResRep of the Institute of Research for Development (IRD) in Tunisia, leading research projects such as “The Changing Nature of Work and Inequality” with UNU-WIDER and “Covid Resilience (CORES)”. His research focuses on the socio-economic impact of policies and crises, structural transformation, and migration in crisis time.
Areas of Interest:
- Assessing the Impact of Policies and Shocks.
- International Migration in crisis time.
- Structural Change, Skills and Occupations.
- Social Protection and Health Outcomes.
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:
- Associate Professor in Economics, Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne University, 2005-Present
- ResRep and Research Fellow, French Institute of Research for Sustainable Development (IRD), Tunisia, 2019-2024
- Director of the Research Unit, Development and Society, Institute of Research for Development and Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne, 2019
- Senior Scholar, Carnegie Fellowship on Economic Vulnerability in the Arab World, Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota, 2018-2019
- Deputy Director of the Research Unit, Development and Society, 2017-2018
Latest Publications:
- The Great Lockdown and the Small Business: Impact, Channels and Adaptation to the Covid Pandemic , with P.M. Le and L. Chauvet, World Development, vol. 182, October, 106673, [2024].
- Social Integration of Syrian Refugees and their Intention to Stay in Germany, with C. Hanna, Journal of Population Economics, vol. 36, no 2, p. 581-607, [2023].
- Are labor markets in the Middle East and North Africa recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic?, avec Krafft, Caroline, Assaad, Ragui, Cheung, Ruby and LaPlante, Ava., IZA Journal of Development and Migration, vol 14, no 1, [2023].
From Bytes to Business: Mobile Broadband, Firm Creations and Digital Divide in Tunisia
Areas of Interest: Assessing the Impact of Policies and Shocks. International Migration in crisis time. Structural Change, Skills... Read More
March, 2025
Conference PaperForced to Migrate in A Warming World: Labor Migration Responses to Drought-Induced Shocks in Tunisia
Areas of Interest: Assessing the Impact of Policies and Shocks. International Migration in crisis time. Structural Change, Skills... Read More
March, 2025
Conference PaperThe Role of Public Employment and Wage Policy in the Dynamic of Earnings Inequality: The Tunisian Perspective
Areas of Interest: Assessing the Impact of Policies and Shocks. International Migration in crisis time. Structural Change, Skills... Read More
December, 2023
Working PapersThe Great Lockdown and the Small Business: Impact, Channels and Adaptation to the Covid Pandemic
Areas of Interest: Assessing the Impact of Policies and Shocks. International Migration in crisis time. Structural Change, Skills... Read More
December, 2023
Working PapersThe Great Lockdown and the Small Business: Impact, Channels and Adaptation to the Covid Pandemic
Areas of Interest: Assessing the Impact of Policies and Shocks. International Migration in crisis time. Structural Change, Skills... Read More
May, 2023
Conference PaperJobs and Growth in North Africa
Areas of Interest: Assessing the Impact of Policies and Shocks. International Migration in crisis time. Structural Change, Skills... Read More
2020-12-15
Reimagining Social Protection in Jordan, Tunisia and Egypt
Areas of Interest: Assessing the Impact of Policies and Shocks. International Migration in crisis time. Structural Change, Skills... Read More
2020-11-17
Improving Rigorous Evidence for Better Civic Engagement on Social Protection and Supporting the Network’s Institutional Strengthening
Areas of Interest: Assessing the Impact of Policies and Shocks. International Migration in crisis time. Structural Change, Skills... Read More
2020-06-15
Economic Interdependency and Conflict
Areas of Interest: Assessing the Impact of Policies and Shocks. International Migration in crisis time. Structural Change, Skills... Read More
2018-09-01
Contribution Density Determinants and Labor Market Effects of Pension Reform in Tunisia
Areas of Interest: Assessing the Impact of Policies and Shocks. International Migration in crisis time. Structural Change, Skills... Read More
2014-06-15
ERF 31st Annual Conference: Parallel Sessions
Areas of Interest: Assessing the Impact of Policies and Shocks. International Migration in crisis time. Structural Change, Skills... Read More
Apr 27, 2025
Reimagining Social Protection in MENA
Areas of Interest: Assessing the Impact of Policies and Shocks. International Migration in crisis time. Structural Change, Skills... Read More
Nov 19, 2023
ERF 29th Annual Conference – Parallel Sessions
Areas of Interest: Assessing the Impact of Policies and Shocks. International Migration in crisis time. Structural Change, Skills... Read More
May 04, 2023
National Dialogue on the Social Protection System in Tunisia
Areas of Interest: Assessing the Impact of Policies and Shocks. International Migration in crisis time. Structural Change, Skills... Read More
Oct 31, 2022
Dissemination of the Second Regional Report on Jobs and Growth in North Africa (2018 -21): Developments through the COVID-19 Era
Areas of Interest: Assessing the Impact of Policies and Shocks. International Migration in crisis time. Structural Change, Skills... Read More
Oct 24, 2022