Relationship between labor force participation and unemployment in Pakistan

This paper investigates the relationship between labor force participation and unemployment in Pakistan using the annual time series data for the period 1990-2021. Johansen's cointegration and Gregory and Hansen's cointegration tests determine the long-run relationship between unemployment...

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Main Authors: Said, Rusmawati, Amjad, Sadaf, Khan, Muhammad Zaheer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Economics Bulletin 2024
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/118431/
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author Said, Rusmawati
Amjad, Sadaf
Khan, Muhammad Zaheer
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description This paper investigates the relationship between labor force participation and unemployment in Pakistan using the annual time series data for the period 1990-2021. Johansen's cointegration and Gregory and Hansen's cointegration tests determine the long-run relationship between unemployment and labor force participation rate for aggregate male and female workers. Both cointegration procedures confirm no long-run relationship between the variables. Therefore, the results confirm the unemployment invariance hypothesis for aggregate and male and female workers in Pakistan.
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spelling upm-1184312025-07-10T03:25:35Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/118431/ Relationship between labor force participation and unemployment in Pakistan Said, Rusmawati Amjad, Sadaf Khan, Muhammad Zaheer This paper investigates the relationship between labor force participation and unemployment in Pakistan using the annual time series data for the period 1990-2021. Johansen's cointegration and Gregory and Hansen's cointegration tests determine the long-run relationship between unemployment and labor force participation rate for aggregate male and female workers. Both cointegration procedures confirm no long-run relationship between the variables. Therefore, the results confirm the unemployment invariance hypothesis for aggregate and male and female workers in Pakistan. Economics Bulletin 2024 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/118431/1/118431.pdf Said, Rusmawati and Amjad, Sadaf and Khan, Muhammad Zaheer (2024) Relationship between labor force participation and unemployment in Pakistan. Economics Bulletin, 44 (iss.1). pp. 264-272. ISSN 1545-2921 https://www.accessecon.com/Pubs/EB/2024/Volume44/EB-24-V44-I1-P21.pdf
spellingShingle Said, Rusmawati
Amjad, Sadaf
Khan, Muhammad Zaheer
Relationship between labor force participation and unemployment in Pakistan
title Relationship between labor force participation and unemployment in Pakistan
title_full Relationship between labor force participation and unemployment in Pakistan
title_fullStr Relationship between labor force participation and unemployment in Pakistan
title_full_unstemmed Relationship between labor force participation and unemployment in Pakistan
title_short Relationship between labor force participation and unemployment in Pakistan
title_sort relationship between labor force participation and unemployment in pakistan
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/118431/
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http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/118431/1/118431.pdf