Socio-Economic Determinants of Employment: A Case study of Pakistan

  • Muhammad Atif Adeem M. Phil Scholar, National Collage of Business Administration & Economics, Lahore, Pakistan.
  • Muhammad Sibt-e-Ali M. Phil Scholar, School of Economics, Bahauddin Zakariya University Multan, Pakistan.
  • Raheel Akhtar PhD Scholar, School of Management Sciences and Economics, North China University of Water Resources and Electric Power, Zhengzhou, China.
Keywords: Employment, Pakistan, ARDL, Unemployment, Economic Growth

Abstract

This research is the foremost determination to investigate the long and short run affiliation amongst the variables of employment. For this purpose we use ARDL bound tests. The data from the period of 1972 to 2016 has been used in this research. These results indicate that employment has statistically significant and positive relationship between the variables of employment. Orders of integration of variables used in this analysis are I (O) and I (1). The results of this study show that per capita of GDP and expenditures of government have significant positive relationship with the employment in both time periods, the short and long run. Thenoteworthyempirical relationship is found in long run between GFCF, while in short period of time it shows destructive relation with employment. While FDI shows a high level of significant and positive relation both in long run and short run. Secondary school enrolment has significant and positive relation with employment in both time periods the long and short run time period. The relationship of money supply with employment in long run is positive while in short run it shows significant but negative relation with employment. Trade and political stability both are the main factors to estimate the strength of an economy. According to this study trade and political stability shows significant and positive relation with employment in long run while in short run both shows negative relationship with employment.

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Published
2019-06-30
How to Cite
Muhammad Atif Adeem, Muhammad Sibt-e-Ali, & Raheel Akhtar. (2019). Socio-Economic Determinants of Employment: A Case study of Pakistan. Journal of Accounting and Finance in Emerging Economies, 5(1), 71-82. https://doi.org/10.26710/jafee.v5i1.724