Donia Smaali Bouhlila

Donia Smaali Bouhlila

Associate Professor, Faculté des Sciences Economiques et de Gestion, University of Tunis

Donia Smaali Bouhlila is an Associate Professor at University of Tunis El Manar, Faculté des Sciences Economiques et de Gestion de Tunis. She holds a Ph.D in development economics. She is an associate editor of International Journal of Educational Development and a member of the editorial and advisory board of Gulf Education and Social Policy Review, Journal of Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi Foundation for Policy Research. She is a researcher at Laboratoire Prospective et Stratégies de développement durable, at University of Tunis El Manar. She has published several papers in different academic journals. Her areas of interest are: quality of education, inequality in education, child labor, gender based violence, migration and poverty.

Areas of Interest:

  • Macroeconomics
  • Labor
  • Human Resources
  • Micro Theory
  • Natural Resources and Environment

Education:

  • B.A. in Economics at Faculté des Science Economiques et de Gestion de Tunis. 1992-1996
  • M.A at Faculté des Sciences Economiques et de Gestion de Tunis. Dissertation titeled: Human Development: Concept and measure. 1996-1998
  • Ph.D . at Faculté des Sciences Economiques et de Gestion de Tunis. 2014

Experience:

  • Associate Professor, Faculté des Sciences Economiques et de Gestion de Tunis El Manar. Present
  • Assistant Professor at Faculté des Sciences Economiques et de Gestion de Tunis El Manar. 2014-2021
  • Lecturer at Faculté des Sciences Economiques et de Gestion de Tunis El Manar. 2003- 2013
  • Lecturer at Faculté des Sciences Juridiques, Economiques et de Gestion de Jendouba. 2000 – 2003

Latest Publications:

  • Indirect Coercive Transfer and Educational Copying Under Dictatorship: The Case of Tunisia (co-authored article) FIRE: Forum for International Research in Education Vol. 4, Issue. 3, 2018, pp. 64-81.
  • Child labor and schooling in Tunisia: co-authored book chapter; 2018. The Tunisian Labor Market in an Era of Transition, Oxford University Press
  • Parents' education and literacy skills: Evidence on inequality of socioeconomic status in Arab countries .World Development Perspectives. Volume 5, March 2017, Pages 34–43
  • The Heyneman-Loxley effect revisited in the context of MENA countries: Analysis using TIMSS 2007 database.2015.  International Journal of Educational Development  42, 85–95.
Child Labor and Schooling in Tunisia

Areas of Interest: Macroeconomics Labor Human Resources Micro Theory Natural Resources and Environment Education: B.A. in Economics at... Read More

December, 2017

Working Papers
The Quality of Educational Performance of Students in The Middle East And North Africa: Much Remains to Be Done

Areas of Interest: Macroeconomics Labor Human Resources Micro Theory Natural Resources and Environment Education: B.A. in Economics at... Read More

December, 2015

Policy Briefs
Students’ Achievement in the MENA Countries: The Heyneman-Loxley Effect Revisited Using TIMSS 2007 Data

Areas of Interest: Macroeconomics Labor Human Resources Micro Theory Natural Resources and Environment Education: B.A. in Economics at... Read More

October, 2013

Working Papers
ERF-GDN MENA Regional Research Competition
Meeting the Challenges of Secondary Education in MENA Region: Improving Efficiency of Resources

Areas of Interest: Macroeconomics Labor Human Resources Micro Theory Natural Resources and Environment Education: B.A. in Economics at... Read More

2015-01-01

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