SPATIAL DETERMINANTS OF THE UNEMPLOYEMENT OF GRDADUATES: THE TUNISIAN EXPERIENCE

Both in individual and community standards; education is a factor for increasing social status as well as the chance of finding a job. Most economists acknowledged the idea that the laboring skills of a country represent one of its most important competitive assets.What is happening in emerging countries and revolutions called "Arab Spring" is changing the rules.A discuss about these changes is done through the Tunisian events.A high unemployment rate of graduates was the origin of the revolution. But the revolution which was supposed to solve this problem has worsened it. A mismatch between the constituted human capital and the capacities of its absorption by the market drags the loss of positive effects that may create added value and generate economic growth. This is even worse than the initial situation.Once more, unemployment and feelings of frustration and discontent felt before the first revolution may lead to a second revolution. A vicious circle develops. In this paper we try to analyze the hypothesis that the unemployment of graduate people is more likely clustered in specific regions by using the scan statistic cluster detection test. High graduate unemployment incidence rates are detected in Southern West and Northern West governorates. A binary logit model shows that in these regions, graduates are less likely to get a job than less educated people.