Unemployment and intention of migration of women and men: Evidence from Tunisia

Our work is focused on the intention of migration of unemployed persons, women and men. The main objective is to study how gender relations influences the intention of migration of unemployed persons, in order to better understand the migratory patterns of men and women, in Tunisia. By analyzing the macro and the micro conditions of men and women, in particular the economic context, we will try to explain the influence of gender relations on the intention of migration (have the intention to migrate or not if there is a job opportunity). We will try through our work to see who have intention to migrate? And, how the socio-economic regional context influences the intention of migration of women and men in Tunisia? We use the data from the national Survey of Population and Employment realized in 2005 and in 2010. The surveys contain information about the individual characteristics of the unemployed person and of their households. And we can also have other macro-information about the regional context. Our analysis is based on a spatial and a comparative approach between men and women according to the different socio-economic factors. We developed a descriptive and a multivariate analysis based on logistic regression.