A revisited causality analysis of Okun’s Law: The case of Turkey

Uğur Pata (), Süleyman Yurtkuran and Adem Kalca
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Adem Kalca: Karadeniz Technical University, Turkey

Theoretical and Applied Economics, 2018, vol. XXV, issue 4(617), Winter, 121-134

Abstract: The relationship between the gross domestic product (GDP) and unemployment is analyzed with Okun’s Law. Different studies that assess whether the two variables affect one another are examined with regard to Turkey. In this study, the authors examined whether an increase in GDP causes unemployment to fall or not with the youth (15-24 years) unemployment rate, prime working years (25-54) unemployment rate, and general (15-64) unemployment rate in Turkey. The relationship between GDP and unemployment was investigated using the unrestricted VAR and Hsiao’s Granger causality test, covering the period of 2006q2 to 2014q4. According to the causality tests, the empirical results show a negative unidirectional and statistically significant causality relationship from GDP to unemployment rates in the short term. Consequently, Okun’s Law is valid for Turkey.

Keywords: economic growth; unemployment; Okun’s law; Hsiao’s Granger causality; unrestricted VAR. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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