An Empirical Analysis on the Long-term Relation Between Unemployment and Higher Education in Turkey

Turan, Güngör (2017): An Empirical Analysis on the Long-term Relation Between Unemployment and Higher Education in Turkey.

Abstract

In this empirical paper, a long-run co-integration between higher education and unemployment in Turkey has been investigated. ARDL bounds model which is a long-run co-integration method has been used based on the number of unemployed and higher education graduates time series in Turkey in 1961-2012 period. The results of bounds test conclude that there is no long-run co-integration and evidence between higher education and unemployment in the reference period in Turkey. As a result, this study supports to some extent the current debate on the availability of "non-qualified" higher education which does not generate adequate link between higher education and labor market to employ particularly for higher education graduates in Turkey.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Unemployment, higher education, co-integration, bounds test, Turkey
• Subjects: J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J2 - Demand and Supply of Labor; J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J2 - Demand and Supply of Labor > J24 - Human Capital ; Skills ; Occupational Choice ; Labor Productivity

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