Inference of Some Macroeconomic Variables on Nigeria Unemployment Rate
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David Ikwuoche John1*, Salawu I. Saheed2, Adehi U. Mary3 
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This research investigates the impact of foreign direct investment (FDI), government expenditure (GOE), and inflation rate (IFR) on the unemployment rate (UPR) in Nigeria from 1985 to 2021 through Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) modeling approach. An initial assessment to test the significance of signals between each independent variable and UPR was performed using rolling correlation analysis. Subsequently, the bounds test methodology to examine cointegration among between the FDI, GOE, IFR, and UPR was performed. Additionally, the causal relationship between these economic variables was performed through the Error Correction Model (ECM) approach. The estimated ARDL model parameters stability was determined using the cumulative sum (CUSUM) of squares chart. The Augmented Dickey Fuller unit root test suggests that the variables are stationary at first differences (I(1)). The bounds test revealed that the variables are cointegrated at 1%, 5%, and 10% indicating a long run relationship between UPR and FDI, GOE, and IFR. The ARDL results indicates that at 5%, a unit increase in FDI at lag one have a long run significant decreasing impact on UPR by 19.96%. But in the short run, the FDI at lag one has a significant increasing effect on UPR by 7.23%. However, the CUSUM of square chart shows unstable parameter estimation based on the Akaike Information Criteria selected model, ARDL (1, 3, 0, 0). The study concludes that UPR is being influenced by FDI in reducing UPR in the long run. Recommendation based on the findings is that FDI should be considered most important when policies are drafted for tackling the issue bordering UPR in Nigeria.
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