Research Article

The Impact of Fiscal Policies on Unemployment: An Empirical Evidence For Türkiye

Number: 61 October 1, 2023
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The Impact of Fiscal Policies on Unemployment: An Empirical Evidence For Türkiye

Abstract

The economic policies implemented in a country can directly or indirectly affect many macroeconomic indicators. One of these macroeconomic indicators is the unemployment rate. The government's aim to reduce unemployment with the economic policies they implement. Especially in times of crisis, fiscal policies come to the fore, find a wider application area and support employment. The effects of fiscal policies may differ between expansionary and contractionary policies. The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of fiscal policies implemented in Türkiye on unemployment. For this purpose, monthly data for the period 2014:1-2022:12 were used in the study. In the study, public expenditures, direct and indirect tax revenues are used to represent fiscal policy. The ARDL bounds test was used in the analysis. In addition, the frequency domain causality test developed by Breitung and Candelon (2006) was used to the robustness check of the findings. The findings show that increases in government expenditures increase unemployment in the long run. On the other hand, while increases in indirect taxes reduce unemployment, increases in direct taxes have no effect on unemployment. The findings obtained from the causality test also support this situation.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Economic Sociology

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

October 1, 2023

Submission Date

July 7, 2023

Acceptance Date

August 18, 2023

Published in Issue

Year 2023 Number: 61

APA
Songur, M., Gökpınar, S., & Sertkaya, B. (2023). The Impact of Fiscal Policies on Unemployment: An Empirical Evidence For Türkiye. Yüzüncü Yıl Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi, 61, 141-160. https://doi.org/10.53568/yyusbed.1324321
AMA
1.Songur M, Gökpınar S, Sertkaya B. The Impact of Fiscal Policies on Unemployment: An Empirical Evidence For Türkiye. Yüzüncü Yıl Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi. 2023;(61):141-160. doi:10.53568/yyusbed.1324321
Chicago
Songur, Mehmet, Seher Gökpınar, and Burak Sertkaya. 2023. “The Impact of Fiscal Policies on Unemployment: An Empirical Evidence For Türkiye”. Yüzüncü Yıl Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi, nos. 61: 141-60. https://doi.org/10.53568/yyusbed.1324321.
EndNote
Songur M, Gökpınar S, Sertkaya B (October 1, 2023) The Impact of Fiscal Policies on Unemployment: An Empirical Evidence For Türkiye. Yüzüncü Yıl Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi 61 141–160.
IEEE
[1]M. Songur, S. Gökpınar, and B. Sertkaya, “The Impact of Fiscal Policies on Unemployment: An Empirical Evidence For Türkiye”, Yüzüncü Yıl Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi, no. 61, pp. 141–160, Oct. 2023, doi: 10.53568/yyusbed.1324321.
ISNAD
Songur, Mehmet - Gökpınar, Seher - Sertkaya, Burak. “The Impact of Fiscal Policies on Unemployment: An Empirical Evidence For Türkiye”. Yüzüncü Yıl Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi. 61 (October 1, 2023): 141-160. https://doi.org/10.53568/yyusbed.1324321.
JAMA
1.Songur M, Gökpınar S, Sertkaya B. The Impact of Fiscal Policies on Unemployment: An Empirical Evidence For Türkiye. Yüzüncü Yıl Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi. 2023;:141–160.
MLA
Songur, Mehmet, et al. “The Impact of Fiscal Policies on Unemployment: An Empirical Evidence For Türkiye”. Yüzüncü Yıl Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi, no. 61, Oct. 2023, pp. 141-60, doi:10.53568/yyusbed.1324321.
Vancouver
1.Mehmet Songur, Seher Gökpınar, Burak Sertkaya. The Impact of Fiscal Policies on Unemployment: An Empirical Evidence For Türkiye. Yüzüncü Yıl Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi. 2023 Oct. 1;(61):141-60. doi:10.53568/yyusbed.1324321

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