Fethi Amri is an Associate Professor of Applied Econometrics and Statistics at Tunisian Higher Institute of Management of Gabes (I.S.G). He received an HDR (Habilitation for supervising Doctoral Research) and a PhD in Economics from the Faculty of Economic Sciences and Management of Tunis, El Manar University, Tunisia. His current research focuses in several aspects in economics: economic growth, competition, total factor productivity, ICT, energy modeling, sustainability, and economic development. He has published numerous papers in international refereed journals such as Region et developpement, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Review, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, Quality & Quantity, Energy, The Journal of Energy and Development, and Technology Forecasting and Social Change.
Social restrictions imposed in response to the pandemic and job losses from the economic downturn all take their toll on people’s physical health and psychological wellbeing. This column reports evidence on how the mental health of individuals in Tunisia was affected during Covid-19 crisis.