Inequality of opportunity in higher education in the Middle East and North Africa

C Krafft, H Alawode - International Journal of Educational Development, 2018 - Elsevier
Struggles with inequality have been prominent in the Middle East and North Africa in the
aftermath of the Arab Spring. This paper examines the extent and drivers of inequality of …

Local associative media in Tunisia and the value of voice

Y Badran, J Loisen, K Smets - The Journal of North African Studies, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Since 2011, tens of new small-scale associative media organisations have sprung up in
different towns and regions of Tunisia. Their proliferation has allowed for new voices to …

Inequality of opportunities among Tunisian children over time and space

H Jemmali - Child Indicators Research, 2019 - Springer
This paper attempts to provide additional light on the structure and dynamics of inequality of
opportunity among Tunisian children during the period 2005–2010. The main steps involved …

Predicting revolt: fragility indexes and the level of violence and instability in the Arab Spring

KN Buterbaugh, C Calin… - Terrorism and political …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
This article is one of the first to systematically assess the ability of state fragility measures to
predict violent protests and adverse regime changes in countries. We focus on the Arab …

Bread, freedom, human dignity: the political economy of protest mobilization in Egypt and Tunisia

J Warkotsch - 2015 - cadmus.eui.eu
The thesis analyzes the interaction between authoritarian rule, and societal mobilization by
focusing on the two uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt/.../When the Arab spring started in the …

On measuring and decomposing inequality of opportunity among children: Evidence from Tunisia

H Jemmali, M Amara - Applied Research in Quality of Life, 2018 - Springer
Building on the current literature that increasingly recognizes inequality of opportunity
among children, this paper analyzes to what extent access to basic education and core …

Multilevel modelling of individual fertility decisions in Tunisia: Household and regional contextual effects

M Amara - Social Indicators Research, 2015 - Springer
In this study we examine the household and the contextual effects on the individual fertility
decisions in Tunisia. We use the fourth round of the Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys …

Assessing policy effectiveness in reducing inequality of opportunity in access to public services and education among Tunisian children

A Saidi, M Hamdaoui, W Moussa - Journal of the Knowledge Economy, 2021 - Springer
The sensation of deprivation, especially in the early stages of the child's life, is negatively
correlated with the physical and psychological development of households, threatening its …

[PDF][PDF] Decomposing welfare inequality in Egypt and Tunisia: An Oaxaca-Blinder based approach

Y Abid, C O'Donoghue, D Sologon - Economic Research Forum Working …, 2016 - erf.org.eg
In order to understand the main drivers of welfare inequality in Egypt and Tunisia, the
present paper presents an Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition approach used to decompose …

Intergenerational (im) mobility in Pakistan: Is the social elevator broken?

Z Andlib, M Sadiq, S Scicchitano - 2024 - econstor.eu
There is a large literature on intergenerational social and educational mobility in developed
countries, but the evidence in developing countries is still scant In the current literature …