Areas of Interest:

• Development Economics
• Applied Micro-econometrics
• General Equilibrium Models

Education:

• Ph.D., Economics, Faculte des Sciences Economiques & Gestion de Tunis (FSEGT), Tunisia, 2001
• M.Sc., General Economics, Universite Laval, 1995

Experience:

• Research Advisor, Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC), Labour Program, Research and Data Development (RDD) Division, 2010-Present
• Research Fellow and Deputy Leader at the Poverty and Economic Policy (PEP) network, Universite Laval, Quebec Canada. 2006-2010
• Associate-Professor of Economics, Faculte des Sciences Economiques & Gestion de Tunis, 2004-2006

Latest Publications:

• L’Effet des Taxes et des Transferts sur la Pauvret´e au Qu´ebec et au Canada. Joint work with: Jean-Yves DUCLOS, Universit´e Laval. Forthcoming in: Canadian Public Policy/Analyse de politiques. 2011
• Gender Poverty in Tunisia: Is there a Feminization Issue? Co-auteur: Rim CHATTI, IHEC Carthage, Tunisie. Middle East Develop- ment Journal, vol. 2 (2), pp. 283-307, 2010
• Refining Targeting Against Poverty: Evidence from Tunisia. Joint work with: Christophe MULLER, University of Cergy, France. Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, vol. 72 (3), pp. 381-410, 2010