Unemployment and remittances nexus in Ghana: The gender perspective

Mohammed Ridwan Saani, Abdul-Malik Abdulai and Mubarik Salifu

Cogent Economics & Finance, 2023, vol. 11, issue 2, 2243068

Abstract: The present study aims at investigating the nexus between unemployment and remittances in Ghana, with a focus on the gender perspective. Using time-series data spanning from 1990 to 2021, the ARDL model is estimated. According to the findings, remittances, inflation, FDI, exports of goods and services, and gross capital formation all have a long-run association with the unemployment rate. Remittances positively correlate with unemployment in the long run. All else being equal, remittances in Ghana tend to also increase female unemployment in the long run. In the short run, while the contemporaneous coefficient is negative, the lagged remittance positively correlates with the unemployment rate in Ghana. The lagged remittance further positively correlates with female and male unemployment in the short run. Finally, we also found a mediating effect of GDP on remittances in reducing the unemployment rate in Ghana. The study therefore recommends that, for remittances to reduce unemployment in the short run, policymakers ought to incentivize deposits of remittances in Ghanaian banks using attractive interest rates. As a result, this might encourage savings, investment, and economic growth, which would eventually result in a decrease in the unemployment rate in the long run.

Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1080/23322039.2023.2243068

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