Examination of Affecting Variables for Youth Unemployment with Cointegration Analysis

Abstract

The increase in the youth unemployment rates in the face of the rapidly increasing population in recent years reveals that the employment status of the young population is not sufficient. Therefore, examination of young unemployment is of great importance. In this study; using from the annual world bank data for the period 1988-2015, the long-run relationship between young unemployment rate in Turkey, higher education enrollment rate and population growth rate was examined by Johansen Cointegration Analysis. Analysis of the data used Eviews 8 program. Long-term problems have been eliminated with the Vector Error Correction Model (VECM). Findings at the end of the study revealed the existence of a long-term positive relationship between higher school enrollment rate and population growth rate on youth unemployment.

The Effects of Laughter Therapy for the Relief of Employment-Stress in Korean Student Nurses by Assessing Psychological Stress Salivary Cortisol and Subjective Happiness

“…The number of young adults (15-29 years) in the world is currently at the largest it has ever been, at 1.8 billion [1].…”

“…Around 500 million of them are unemployed or underemployed as of last year in Korea [2]. Whilst every generation is suffering, young adults in particular, have been greatly affected by unemployment and this has been increasing worldwide [1].…”

“…It has been reported that even college freshmen suffer from the pressure and worry about employment in their preferred career choice [1,2]. As such, college students experience high levels of employment stress in an uncertain future where the number of job-seekers makes the market competitive [3].…”

“…instructors. The researcher conducted 6 out of 8 laughter treatments(1,2,3,4,6,7) and the 5 th laughter treatment was carried out by a lecture therapist. The invited lecturer was conducted by a nurse specializing in wards of the S national university medical school.…”