Causal Linkage between Inflation and Unemployment: An evidence from the Selected MENA Countries

Tarek Kacemi and Sallahuddin Hassan (tarek.king39@gmail.com)
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Sallahuddin Hassan: Universiti Utara Malaysia

Pakistan Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2018, vol. 6, issue 1, p:121-131

Abstract: The current study measures the causal association between inflation and unemployment employing Phillips Curve approach from 1990 until 2016 for selected MENA countries. Granger causality and the heterogeneous causality methods for Panel are employed by this study as proposed by Dumitrescu and Hurlin. This causality test has an advantage over the panel Granger causality as it considers two dimensions of heterogeneity. The finding revealed a unidirectional causality between unemployment and inflation with Panel Dumitrescu and Hurlin Granger causality but not in the panel Granger causality test. Therefore, the governments should choose to stabilize inflation rate or reduce unemployment rate.

Keywords: Inflation; Unemployment; Granger Causality; Dumitrescu Hurlin Causality; MENA. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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