Analysis of The Causality Relationship Among Digitalisation, Unemployment Rate, and Divorce Rates: A Research on Türkiye

Year 2023, Volume: 31 Issue: 56, 151 - 169, 28.04.2023

Pınar KOÇ Kadriye İZGİ ŞAHPAZ

https://doi.org/10.17233/sosyoekonomi.2023.02.07

Abstract

This study investigates the relationship between digitalisation, unemployment, and divorce rates in Türkiye by using the Fourier Toda Yamamoto Causality Test from 2007 to 2021. International Digital Economy and Society Index (I-DESI) has been used to indicate digitalisation. The results suggest that there is unilateral causality from digitalisation to divorce rates. However, there is no causality linkage between digitalisation and unemployment rates for the period 2007-2021. Moreover, there is no causal connection between unemployment rates and divorce rates. The findings show that digitalisation affects divorce rates by disrupting family communication.

Keywords

Digitalisation, Divorce Rates, Fourier Toda Yamamoto Causality Test, Unemployment Rates

Dijitalleşme, İşsizlik Oranı ve Boşanma Oranları Arasındaki Nedensellik İlişkinin Analizi: Türkiye Üzerine Bir Araştırma

Abstract

Bu çalışma Türkiye’de dijitalleşme, işsizlik ve boşanma oranları arasındaki nedensellik ilişkisini 2007-2021 dönemi için Fourier Toda Yamamoto Nedensellik Testi’ni kullanarak araştırmaktadır. Uluslararası Dijital Ekonomi ve Toplum Endeksi dijitalleşme göstergesi olarak kullanılmıştır. Çalışma sonuçları sadece dijitalleşmeden boşanma oranlarına doğru tek yönlü bir nedensellik ilişkisinin var olduğunu göstermektedir. Fakat, 2007-2021 döneminde Türkiye’de dijitalleşme ile işsizlik arasında herhangi bir nedensellik ilişkisi bulunmamaktadır. İşsizlik ile boşanma oranları arasında da herhangi bir nedensellik ilişkisi yoktur. Bu bulgu, dijitalleşmenin aile içi iletişimi bozarak boşanma oranlarını etkilediğini göstermektedir.

Keywords

Dijitalleşme, Boşanma Oranları, Fourier Toda Yamamoto Nedensellik Testi, İşsizlik Oranları

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