The Impact of Unemployment on Economic Growth in China

Karikari-Apau, Ellen and Abeti, Wilson (2019): The Impact of Unemployment on Economic Growth in China.

Abstract

The Objective of the study is to determine the impact of Unemployment on Economic Growth in China using a Macro-Economic secondary (Time-Series) data extracted from the World Development Indicator (WDI) for the period of 1991-2018.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Granger causality, Economic growth, Unemployment rate, Stationarity and Cointegration
• Subjects: F - International Economics > F6 - Economic Impacts of Globalization > F63 - Economic Development; O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O1 - Economic Development > O11 - Macroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development

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