Macroeconomic determinants of unemployment in developed countries

This study thoroughly investigates the macroeconomic determinants of unemployment in developed countries. The aim of this study is to understand the influence of independent variables (IV), including GDP, Inflation, Population and FDI have towards the dependent variable, unemployment. Data of 5 dev...

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Main Author: ALASTAIR ABISHA, ONG HSIEN LERK
Format: Final Year Project / Dissertation / Thesis
Published: 2024
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description This study thoroughly investigates the macroeconomic determinants of unemployment in developed countries. The aim of this study is to understand the influence of independent variables (IV), including GDP, Inflation, Population and FDI have towards the dependent variable, unemployment. Data of 5 developed countries were collected and analyzed using econometric methods. The relationship of the independent variables and dependent variables were analyzed using the panel model which are POLS and Hausman test. The findings found that GDP and FDI have an insignificant relationship towards unemployment whereas inflation and population have a significant relationship towards unemployment. The results obtained offers solutions for policymakers to tackle the problem of unemployment.
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spelling utar-63872024-06-16T02:20:28Z Macroeconomic determinants of unemployment in developed countries ALASTAIR ABISHA, ONG HSIEN LERK HB Economic Theory HM Sociology This study thoroughly investigates the macroeconomic determinants of unemployment in developed countries. The aim of this study is to understand the influence of independent variables (IV), including GDP, Inflation, Population and FDI have towards the dependent variable, unemployment. Data of 5 developed countries were collected and analyzed using econometric methods. The relationship of the independent variables and dependent variables were analyzed using the panel model which are POLS and Hausman test. The findings found that GDP and FDI have an insignificant relationship towards unemployment whereas inflation and population have a significant relationship towards unemployment. The results obtained offers solutions for policymakers to tackle the problem of unemployment. 2024 Final Year Project / Dissertation / Thesis NonPeerReviewed application/pdf http://eprints.utar.edu.my/6387/1/Thesis_Full_Report_Alastair_Abisha_Ong_Hsien_Lerk_2002839.pdf ALASTAIR ABISHA, ONG HSIEN LERK (2024) Macroeconomic determinants of unemployment in developed countries. Final Year Project, UTAR. http://eprints.utar.edu.my/6387/
spellingShingle HB Economic Theory
HM Sociology
ALASTAIR ABISHA, ONG HSIEN LERK
Macroeconomic determinants of unemployment in developed countries
title Macroeconomic determinants of unemployment in developed countries
title_full Macroeconomic determinants of unemployment in developed countries
title_fullStr Macroeconomic determinants of unemployment in developed countries
title_full_unstemmed Macroeconomic determinants of unemployment in developed countries
title_short Macroeconomic determinants of unemployment in developed countries
title_sort macroeconomic determinants of unemployment in developed countries
topic HB Economic Theory
HM Sociology
url http://eprints.utar.edu.my/6387/
http://eprints.utar.edu.my/6387/1/Thesis_Full_Report_Alastair_Abisha_Ong_Hsien_Lerk_2002839.pdf