Research Article

Assessing Asymmetry in Okun's Law: A Nonlinear Approach in the Turkish Economy

Volume: 8 Number: 2 May 24, 2024
EN TR

Assessing Asymmetry in Okun's Law: A Nonlinear Approach in the Turkish Economy

Abstract

In this paper, the presence of asymmetric behavior in Okun’s Law for Turkey during the period 2005-2023 is analysed. The relationship between economic growth and the unemployment rate has been assessed in the context of nonlinear time series models. Nonlinear methods are typically favoured in macroeconomic series analyses as they generate more robust findings. In this paper, nonlienear symmetric KSS cointegration and nonlinear asymmetric Hepsağ cointegration tests were used to test for the existence of a long-run relationship between the variables, and the Hatemi-j test was used to test for nonlinear causality. Our findings demonstrate no evidence of co-integration between the variables. Hatemi-j test results, on the other hand, indicate the presence of a causality relationship from negative growth components to positive unemployment components. Specifically, a decrease in the growth was found to be the only one of all the components that was a statistically significant cause of an increase in the unemployment.

Keywords

References

  1. Arabacı, Ö. & Arabacı, Y.R. (2018). A Flexible Nonlinear Inference to Okun’s Law for Turkish Economy in Last Decade. Panoeconomicus, 65(5), 569-586.
  2. Barışık, S., Çevik, E. İ. & Çevik, N. K. (2010). Türkiye’de Okun Yasası, Asimetri İlişkisi ve İstihdam Yaratmayan Büyüme: Markov-Switching Yaklaşımı. Maliye Dergisi, 159, 88-102.
  3. Boğa, S. (2020). Investigating the Asymmetry Between Economic Growth and Unemployment in Turkey: A Hidden Cointegration Approach. Journal of Economics, Finance and Accounting (JEFA), 7(1), 22-33.
  4. Ceylan, S. & Şahin, B. Y. (2010). İşsizlik ve Ekonomik Büyüme İlişkisinde Asimetri. Doğuş Üniversitesi Dergisi, 11(2), 157-165.
  5. Dickey, A. D. & Fuller W. A. (1979). Distributions of the Estimators for Autoregressive Time Series with a Unit Root. Journal of the American Statistical Association, 74(366), 428-429.
  6. Harris, R. & Silverstone B. (2001). Testing for Asymmetry in Okun's Law: A Cross-Country Comparison. Economics Bulletin, 5(2), 1-13.
  7. Harvey, D. I. & Leybourne, S. J. (2007). Testing for Time Series Linearity. Econometrics Journal, 10, 149-165.
  8. Harvey, D. I., Leybourne, S. J. & Xiao, B. (2008). A Powerful Test for Linearity When the Order of Integration is Unknown. Studies in Nonlinear Dynamics &Econometrics, 12(3), 1-24.

Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Economic Models and Forecasting, Time-Series Analysis, Growth

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

May 24, 2024

Submission Date

December 14, 2023

Acceptance Date

February 6, 2024

Published in Issue

Year 2024 Volume: 8 Number: 2

APA
Benli, F. (2024). Assessing Asymmetry in Okun’s Law: A Nonlinear Approach in the Turkish Economy. Fiscaoeconomia, 8(2), 399-416. https://doi.org/10.25295/fsecon.1402966
AMA
1.Benli F. Assessing Asymmetry in Okun’s Law: A Nonlinear Approach in the Turkish Economy. FSECON. 2024;8(2):399-416. doi:10.25295/fsecon.1402966
Chicago
Benli, Fatma. 2024. “Assessing Asymmetry in Okun’s Law: A Nonlinear Approach in the Turkish Economy”. Fiscaoeconomia 8 (2): 399-416. https://doi.org/10.25295/fsecon.1402966.
EndNote
Benli F (May 1, 2024) Assessing Asymmetry in Okun’s Law: A Nonlinear Approach in the Turkish Economy. Fiscaoeconomia 8 2 399–416.
IEEE
[1]F. Benli, “Assessing Asymmetry in Okun’s Law: A Nonlinear Approach in the Turkish Economy”, FSECON, vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 399–416, May 2024, doi: 10.25295/fsecon.1402966.
ISNAD
Benli, Fatma. “Assessing Asymmetry in Okun’s Law: A Nonlinear Approach in the Turkish Economy”. Fiscaoeconomia 8/2 (May 1, 2024): 399-416. https://doi.org/10.25295/fsecon.1402966.
JAMA
1.Benli F. Assessing Asymmetry in Okun’s Law: A Nonlinear Approach in the Turkish Economy. FSECON. 2024;8:399–416.
MLA
Benli, Fatma. “Assessing Asymmetry in Okun’s Law: A Nonlinear Approach in the Turkish Economy”. Fiscaoeconomia, vol. 8, no. 2, May 2024, pp. 399-16, doi:10.25295/fsecon.1402966.
Vancouver
1.Fatma Benli. Assessing Asymmetry in Okun’s Law: A Nonlinear Approach in the Turkish Economy. FSECON. 2024 May 1;8(2):399-416. doi:10.25295/fsecon.1402966
download?token=eyJ1aWQiOjEwMTE3NywiYXV0aF9yb2xlcyI6WyJST0xFX1VTRVIiXSwiZW5kcG9pbnQiOiJqb3VybmFsIiwib3JpZ2luYWxuYW1lIjoiMjAyNi0wMy0xNF8wMC0xOC01OC5wbmciLCJwYXRoIjoiNTVjMC82NjE0LzA5NGEvNjliNDdmNjNjMjdiMDUuMDA4NTE4OTUucG5nIiwiZXhwIjoxNzczNDQwMzcxLCJub25jZSI6IjMzYzNhMDczOTJhZDBiOWUxMjA4MTJlMzAwOTdlMDhjIn0.uxgvoBOu5rdPPckMLotZ4eBnzOQVB_StL3DcxMXqMSU


Fiscaoeconomia is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY).