The determinants of unemployment rate in Malaysia / Nurul Fatin Amalina Mohd Yusof

Mohd Yusof, Nurul Fatin Amalina (2015) The determinants of unemployment rate in Malaysia / Nurul Fatin Amalina Mohd Yusof. [Student Project] (Submitted)

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Unemployment is one of the important macroeconomic issues that all government and economic face. A change in economy can occur anytime and may affect the development of country as well as unemployment rate. It has both social and economic implications for all
economies and the government take an action and try to adopt policies that will help in increasing employment rate. Therefore, the main purpose of this research was to examine the determinants that affect the unemployment rate in Malaysia. The data was collected from Datastream and EIU country data from 2003 untill 2014 (quarterly basis). The multiple linear regressions was used to analyze the significant relationship between independent variable ( oil prices, inflation rate, gross domestic product and exchange rate volatility) towards dependent variable (unemployment rate). The findings of this study was suggested that Malaysia‘s economic growth is determined by changes in oil price, inflation rate, gross domestic product and exchange rate volatility towards unemployment rate.

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Item Type: Student Project
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Mohd Yusof, Nurul Fatin Amalina
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Subjects: H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > Labor. Work. Working class > Labor market. Labor supply. Labor demand, Including unemployment, manpower policy, occupational training, employment agencies
Divisions: Universiti Teknologi MARA, Johor > Segamat Campus > Faculty of Business and Management
Keywords: UiTM Cawangan Johor, Unemployment rate, Malaysia
Date: June 2015
URI: https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/21997
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