期刊名称:Journal of Economics and Sustainable Development
印刷版ISSN:2222-2855
电子版ISSN:2222-2855
出版年度:2014
卷号:5
期号:9
页码:56-59
语种:English
出版社:The International Institute for Science, Technology and Education (IISTE)
摘要:The main purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between unemployment and GDP growth in Arab countries. We consider 9 Arab Countries between 1994 and 2010. The model adopted for testing the relationship is the Pooled EGLS (Cross-section SUR). It has been found that economic growth has negative and significant effect upon the unemployment rate it means that 1% increase in economic Growth will decrease the unemployment rate by 0.16%..
关键词:Economic growth; Unemployment; GDP; Okun’s law; panel; Arab countries.