Factors of unemployment rate in Malaysia / Nur Najihah Mat Zain

The issue of Unemployment Rate in Malaysia is very current issue nowadays. The objective of this study is to evaluate the relationship between Unemployment Rate (UR) with FDI, INF, GDP and POP In this study, Unemployment Rate (UR) is the dependent variable while the macroeconomic factors are indepen...

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Main Author: Mat Zain, Nur Najihah
Format: Student Project
Language:English
Published: Faculty of Business and Management 2019
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Online Access:https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/25865/
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description The issue of Unemployment Rate in Malaysia is very current issue nowadays. The objective of this study is to evaluate the relationship between Unemployment Rate (UR) with FDI, INF, GDP and POP In this study, Unemployment Rate (UR) is the dependent variable while the macroeconomic factors are independent variables. The time period observed is from the year 1970 to the year 2017 and all the tests will be conducted based on annually data which is total 48 observations. The Multiple Regression Analysis method is used as the analysis procedure predicting the Unemployment Rate (UR). The result of this study shows that the independent variable of Inflation Rate (INF) and POP are negative significantly with Unemployment Rate (UR). For GDP is positive significant result with Unemployment Rate (UR). FDI is negative insignificant with Unemployment Rate (UR). Investors and government should consider these variables in order to detect early sign of unemployment rate in Malaysia thus can take some initiatives to prevent these problems.
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spelling uitm-258652019-10-24T08:50:53Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/25865/ Factors of unemployment rate in Malaysia / Nur Najihah Mat Zain Mat Zain, Nur Najihah Macroeconomics Labor. Work. Working class Unemployment The issue of Unemployment Rate in Malaysia is very current issue nowadays. The objective of this study is to evaluate the relationship between Unemployment Rate (UR) with FDI, INF, GDP and POP In this study, Unemployment Rate (UR) is the dependent variable while the macroeconomic factors are independent variables. The time period observed is from the year 1970 to the year 2017 and all the tests will be conducted based on annually data which is total 48 observations. The Multiple Regression Analysis method is used as the analysis procedure predicting the Unemployment Rate (UR). The result of this study shows that the independent variable of Inflation Rate (INF) and POP are negative significantly with Unemployment Rate (UR). For GDP is positive significant result with Unemployment Rate (UR). FDI is negative insignificant with Unemployment Rate (UR). Investors and government should consider these variables in order to detect early sign of unemployment rate in Malaysia thus can take some initiatives to prevent these problems. Faculty of Business and Management 2019 Student Project NonPeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/25865/1/PPb_NUR%20NAJIHAH%20MAT%20ZAIN%20BM%20M%2019_5.pdf Mat Zain, Nur Najihah (2019) Factors of unemployment rate in Malaysia / Nur Najihah Mat Zain. (2019) [Student Project] <http://terminalib.uitm.edu.my/25865.pdf> (Unpublished)
spellingShingle Macroeconomics
Labor. Work. Working class
Unemployment
Mat Zain, Nur Najihah
Factors of unemployment rate in Malaysia / Nur Najihah Mat Zain
title Factors of unemployment rate in Malaysia / Nur Najihah Mat Zain
title_full Factors of unemployment rate in Malaysia / Nur Najihah Mat Zain
title_fullStr Factors of unemployment rate in Malaysia / Nur Najihah Mat Zain
title_full_unstemmed Factors of unemployment rate in Malaysia / Nur Najihah Mat Zain
title_short Factors of unemployment rate in Malaysia / Nur Najihah Mat Zain
title_sort factors of unemployment rate in malaysia / nur najihah mat zain
topic Macroeconomics
Labor. Work. Working class
Unemployment
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/25865/