Areas of Interest:

• Labor market in Tunisia
• Higher education and employment in Tunisia
• Monetary policy transmission
• Monetary policy effectiveness and financial development
• Monetary policy and stock markets prices evolution in MENA region
• Public debt and economic growth
• Economic policy and inequality

Education:

• Ph.D., Mathematical Economics and Econometrics, University of Bourgogne, France, 1989.
• M.Sc., Econometrics, University of Bourgogne, France, 1984
• MBA., Economics, University of Tunis, Tunisia, 1983

Experience:

• Full Professor of Econometrics, Higher School of Statistics and Information Analysis (ESSAI, Carthage, Tunisia), 2012-present.
• Full Professor of Econometrics, Business School of Tunis (ESCT), Manouba, Tunisia), 2007-2012.
• Full Professor of Econometrics, High Institute of Accounting & Business Administration (ISCAE, Manouba, Tunisia), and Faculty of Economics & Management (FSEGT, Tunis, Tunisia), 2005-2007
• Associate Professor of Econometrics, Faculty of Economics & Management (FSEGT, Tunis, Tunisia), 1999-2005
• Assistant Professor of Econometrics, Faculty of Economics & Management (FSEGT, Tunis, Tunisia), 1994-1998

Latest Publications:

• Ben Haj Hamida, H., and Ghazouani, S., 2020, “Dynamique non linéaire et ruptures structurelles douces du taux de change effectif réel pour les pays du Maghreb”, In Berbou, L., Fassouane, A., Mokhtari, B., Belaissaoui, M., and Siragi, F.E., eds; Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference of Economics and Management (CIREG 2016), pp.249-260, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, New Castle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom (in French).
• Assaad, R., Ghazouani, S., and Krafft, C., 2018, “The composition of labor supply and unemployment in Tunisia”, In Assaad, R., and Boughzala, M., eds; The Tunisian labor market in era of transition, pp.1-38, Oxford University Press, Oxford, United Kingdom.
• Assaad, R., Ghazouani, S., and Krafft, C., 2018, “Marriage, fertility and women’s agency in Tunisia”, In Assaad, R., and Boughzala, M., eds; The Tunisian labor market in era of transition, pp.171-193, Oxford University Press, Oxford, United Kingdom.
• Assaad, R., Ghazouani, S., Krafft, C., and Rolando, D.J., 2016, “Introducing the Tunisia labor market panel survey 2014”, IZA Journal of Labor and Development 5:15, pp.1-21.