Unemployment and job vacancy dynamics in Malaysia: ARDL approach to co-integration analysis

This paper examines the long-run co-integration relationship between unemployment and macroeconomic variables in the Malaysian labour market. Econometric methods of Auto-regressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) Method is employed. This study found that there is a stationary long-run co-integration rela...

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Main Authors: Subramaniam, Thirunaukarasu, Baharumshah, Ahmad Zubaidi, Md. Noor, Zaleha
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2007
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Online Access:http://repo.uum.edu.my/2568/1/Thirunaukarasu%2C_Subramaniam.pdf
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Summary:This paper examines the long-run co-integration relationship between unemployment and macroeconomic variables in the Malaysian labour market. Econometric methods of Auto-regressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) Method is employed. This study found that there is a stationary long-run co-integration relationship between unemployment and macroeconomic variables in Malaysia. Unemployment in Malaysia does not suffer due to mismatch in the labour market. Economic growth and foreign direct investment are found to be crucial in reducing unemployment in Malaysia.