YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT AND ECONOMIC GROWTH IN SADC COUNTRIES: AN APPLICATION OF OKUN’S LAW USING PANEL DATA

The study investigates whether policies, both regional and country specific, should mainly focus on accelerating economic growth in the region to reduce youth unemployment in the SADC region. In this endeavour, the study is based on Okun’s law which prescribes that unemployment rates should generall...

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Main Authors: Samuel Chingoiro, Robert P. Machera, Strike Mbulawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universitatea din Craiova 2022-04-01
Series:Annals of the University of Craiova: Economic Sciences Series
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Online Access:http://feaa.ucv.ro/annals/v1_2022/006.pdf