Through its characteristic of supporting export, economic growth and transition to high-quality labor force foreign direct investment is an important source of financing in developing countries. Besides, it is thought that in these countries foreign direct investment is also an important factor that decreases unemployment. Therefore, developing countries have entered into a race to attract foreign direct investments to their markets since the times when they started their capital needs through the process of financial liberalization in the 1980s. The aim of the study is to determine the effect of foreign direct investment on the unemployment rate in Turkey. In this context, analyzes are made by using ARDL bound test and Granger causality test based on Error Correction model with the data of 1991-2016 period. According to the results of ARDL bound test, it is found that there is a cointegration relationship. In addition, no statistically significant relationship is found between foreign direct investment and unemployment in the short term. However, a 1% increase in foreign direct investment in the long term increases unemployment by approximately 0.96%. In addition, according to the results of the Granger causality analysis based on the error correction model, there is a causality from direct foreign investments to unemployment in the long run.
Primary Language | Turkish |
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Subjects | Economics |
Journal Section | Research Articles |
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Publication Date | February 28, 2020 |
Submission Date | December 9, 2019 |
Published in Issue | Year 2020 |