International Congress on Eurasian Economies

International Conference on Eurasian Economies

12-14 October 2011 – Bishkek, KYRGYZSTAN

Paper detail

Paper ID : 335
Status : Paper published
Language : Turkish
Topic : Labor Economics and Migration
Presenter: Mr. Yusuf Muratoğlu
Session : 2C Çalışma Ekonomisi

The Relationship between Growth and Employment: The Case of Turkey
Büyüme ve İstihdam Arasindaki İlişki: Türkiye Örneği

Abstract

One of the main problems of the Turkish economy in many years is unemployment. Policy makers apply many policies to increase employment. One of the most important of these policies is increasing economic growth by both ensure economic growth and increase employment in this way. This study analyzes relationship of economic growth and employment by using quarterly data of TUIK for Turkey. The variables used are GDP as a economic growth and employment rate as a employment. First types of employment are explained then growth models are discussed. In empirical application integration levels of the variables are investigated with the using DF, PP and KPSS tests. After this applications long run relationship is investigated by using Engle-Granger Analysis. Then the relation between growth and employment rate is tested by using Granger causality.

JEL codes: O40, E24, C50

Muratoğlu, Yusuf (2011). "The Relationship between Growth and Employment: The Case of Turkey" in Proceedings of International Conference of Eurasian Economies 2011, pp.167-173, Bishkek, KYRGYZSTAN.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.36880/C02.00335

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Session 2C: Çalışma Ekonomisi

Istanbul Beykent University Kyrgyz-Turkish Manas University Promotion Fund of the Turkish Prime Ministry Turkish Central Bank