ABSTRACT
The term unemployment can be defined as an economics condition
marked by the fact that individual actively seeking jobs remain
unhired. Unemployment is expressed as a percentage of the total
available work force. The level of unemployment varies with
economics conditions and other circumstances. This is mostly seen in
graduate of various institutions of learning especially in under
developed nations like Nigeria. The study was designed to investigate
the impact of unemployment on economics growth in Nigeria of 41
years (1970-2010). The research focuses on determining the cause
and impacts of unemployment, and how the problem of
unemployment in Nigeria will be reduced, to a minimal level or even
eradicated. It focuses on this objective is toa determine the
relationship between unemployment and economic growth in Nigeria
(GDP). The method of analysis used in testing the hypothesis is the
hypothesis is the T-test, F-test etc. the major findings was that
unemployment has a negative impact on the gross domestic product
(GDP) of the Nigeria economy. Some suggestions and policy
recommendations were made based on the findings.
TABLE OF CONTENT
Title page i
Approval page ii
Dedication iii
Acknowledgement iv
Abstract v
Table of contents vi
CHAPTER ONE- INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background of the study 1
1.2 Statement of the problem 6
1.3 Research Question 10
1.4 Objective of the study 10vii
1.5 Statement of hypothesis 11
1.6 Importance of the study 11
1.7 Scope and Limitation of the study 12
CHAPTER TWO
LITERATURE REVIEW
2.1 Theoretical literature 13
2.2 Unemployment and economic growth: Theoretical
framework 21
2.3 Empirical literature 23
CHAPTER THREE
3.0 Methodology 30
3.1 Model Specification 31viii
3.2 Methods of Evaluation 32
3.2.1 Economic Theoretical Test 33
3.2.2 Statistical Critical 34
3.2.3 Econometric critical 36
3.3 Data required source, Transformation 36
CHAPTER FOUR
4.1 Presentation of regression result 38
4.2 Economic Apriori Criteria 40
4.3 Statistical Criteria (First Order Test) 42
4.3.1Coefficient of Multiple Determinants (R2) 42
4.3.2 The student?s T- test 42
4.3.3 F statistic 44ix
4.4 Econometrics Criteria 46
4.4.1 Test for Autocorrelation 46
4.4.2 Normality Test for Residual 48
4.3.3 Test for Heteroscedasticity 49
4.4.4 Test for Multilcollinearity 51
CHAPTER FIVE
SUMMARYOF FINDING CONCLUTION AND RECOMMENDATION
5.1 Summary 53
5.2 Conclusion 54
5.3 Recommendation 57
Bibliography 60
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