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Key Factors Affecting Unemployment In The Arab World

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  • Ahmed Salama

    (University of Debrecen, Ihrig Károly Doctoral School, Hungary)

  • Judit Oláh

    (Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Debrecen, Hungary)

Abstract

This paper aims to study the factors that determine unemployment in the Arab world. The study utilizes the panel regression method for the time series period from 2000 to 2016. The study tested the impact of many variables on unemployment such as macroeconomics variables, educational variables, labour market variables and besides studying the impact of economic freedom and the financial crisis of 2008. The results show that economic freedom has negative and significant relationships with total unemployment, the male and female unemployment as well. The impact of 2008 financial crisis on total unemployment appeared to have no significant impact on total unemployment.

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  • Ahmed Salama & Judit Oláh, 2019. "Key Factors Affecting Unemployment In The Arab World," Central European Journal of Labour Law and Personnel Management, Labour Law Association, vol. 2(2).
    • Handle: RePEc:akq:journl:33382:2019:2:2:5
    DOI: 10.33382/cejllpm.2019.03.05
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    Keywords

    Unemployment; key factors; the Arab world;
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    JEL classification:

    • E24 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Employment; Unemployment; Wages; Intergenerational Income Distribution; Aggregate Human Capital; Aggregate Labor Productivity
    • J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
    • R23 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Household Analysis - - - Regional Migration; Regional Labor Markets; Population

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