Front Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- Abbreviations -- Overview -- Main Constraints to the Creation of Good Jobs -- Policy Recommendations -- Note -- References -- Chapter 1 Barriers to the Creation of Good-Quality Jobs in Tunisia: Economic Stagnation and Private Sector Paralysis -- Stunted Macro Dynamics: Persistent Unemployment, Low Productivity, Misallocation of Resources, and Weak Structural Change -- Private Sector Paralysis: Firm Dynamics in Tunisia -- Slow Productivity Growth and Persistent Allocative Inefficiency: Evidence from the Manufacturing Sector -- Conclusions: Structural Stagnation and Lack of "Creative Destruction" -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 2 Overview of the Main Labor Market Indicators -- Labor Force Participation -- Unemployment -- Employment -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 3 Constraints to Labor Mobility and Formalization -- Barrier 1: Skills Mismatches -- Barrier 2: Inefficient Labor Market Transitions -- Barrier 3: Lack of Effective Programs to Facilitate Labor Market Transitions -- Barrier 4: A Social Protection System That Disincentives Formalization and Mobility -- Barrier 5: Labor Regulation Paradoxically Promotes Job Insecurity and Raises Unnecessarily the Cost of Labor -- Barrier 6: A Public Sector That Could Reduce Incentives for Formal Employment -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 4 Policy Recommendations -- Social Insurance -- Labor Regulations -- Active Labor Market Programs -- Public Sector Remuneration -- Notes -- References -- Appendix A Additional Charts and Tables -- Boxes -- Figures -- Maps -- Tables -- Back Cover.