International Journal of Economics & Management Sciences

Department of Economics and Finance, Mzumbe University, Tanzania, Tanzania

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• Review Article   
  Econometric Analysis of the Impact of Economic Growth and Inflation on Unemployment rate in Tanzania
  Author(s): Moga Tano Jilenga* and Seleman Abas Seleman
  
  Studies on the relationship between unemployment and economic growth both in developed and developing countries is still debatable. This study investigates the impact of economic growth and inflation on unemployment rate in Tanzania. We use time-series data for the period spanning from 1991 to 2020 and the Dynamic Ordinary Least Square (DOLS) technique to analyse the relationship of unemployment and economic growth for the case of Tanzania. The DOLS technique is used due to its superiority in estimating the long-run and short-run coefficients of co-integrated series. The results from the empirical analysis found that there is significant negative long-run relationship between economic growth and inflation with respect to unemployment rate in Tanzania. Thus, both the real Gross Domestic Product and inflation rate are statistically significant in influencing unemployme.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.37421/ 2162-6359.11.638

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