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Okun's Law and Potential Output [PDF]

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2015
We find that Okun's law provides a simple and accurate means of understanding and predicting changes in the unemployment rate in Australia. Okun's law also implies a rate of output growth consistent with stable unemployment, called the growth of potential output. Our estimates of potential output growth are imprecise and fluctuate over time.
David P. Lancaster, Peter Tulip
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Beyond Usual Suspects: Revisiting Barriers to Childbearing Decisions in a Low Fertility Setting

Population and Development Review, Volume 52, Issue 1, Page 94-134, March 2026.
Abstract Fertility rates in developed countries have declined to historically low levels, yet the reasons remain incompletely understood. This study examines the relative importance of diverse macro contextual constraints on childbearing intentions among young adults (aged 20–35) in Poland, a country emblematic of Europe's fertility decline.
Anna Kurowska, Anna Matysiak, Magdalena Grabowska   +2 more
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The Relationship Between Unemployment and Economic Growth in Selected Large Emerging Countries: A Revisit Using Threshold Regression Analysis

İktisat Politikası Araştırmaları Dergisi
This study aims to estimate the minimum rate of economic growth required to reduce unemployment in the large emerging markets economies of the Fragile Five (i.e., Brazil, India, Russia, South Africa, and Türkiye).
Mustafa Şit
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National Identity and Fertility Intentions: Evidence from Hungary

Population and Development Review, Volume 52, Issue 1, Page 135-166, March 2026.
Abstract This paper examines the association between national identity, defined as individuals’ cognitive and emotional attachment to the nation, and fertility intentions. A form of social identity, national identity shapes everyday interactions and choices, and individuals with a strong national identity are more likely to adjust their behavior and to
Dávid Erát
wiley   +1 more source

ESTIMATING OF OKUN'S RELATIONSHIP IN IRAQI AGRICULTURAL SECTOR FOR THE PERIOD 1998-2019 USING BOOTSTRAP ARDL METHODOLOGY

The Iraqi Journal of Agricultural science
This study was aimed to test the relationship between the unemployment rate and agricultural growth rates in the agricultural sector of Iraq according to Okun's Law for the period 1998-2019.
Al-Badawi, S. A., R. T. Al-Wasity
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Constructing Country‐Specific Debt Indices for Developing Countries

Review of Development Economics, Volume 30, Issue 1, Page 237-254, February 2026.
ABSTRACT Contemporary crises continue to keep governments in protracted periods of borrowing, increasing the stock and flow of sovereign indebtedness. Especially for developing economies and small states, singular metrics of public debt such as the debt‐to‐GDP ratio may not reflect the country's true debt position.
Akeem Rahaman, Scott Mark Romeo Mahadeo
wiley   +1 more source

Investigating the Okun’s Law in Brazil and three of its Metropolitan Areas

Revista de Economia Mackenzie, 2017
The Okun’s Law has been frequently addressing in macroeconomic studies around the world, mostly at the national level, but few studies estimate such relationship at the regional level.
Rodrigo Melo Gois, Marco Antonio Jorge
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Testing Okun’s Law: Evidence From the Western Balkan Countries

SAGE Open, 2023
Sustainable economic growth and reducing unemployment stood at the heart of each monetary policy. Despite controversial discussions among scholars, Okun’s Law remains a valuable tool for measuring the relationship between economic growth and the ...
Dritero Arifi, Hajdi Xhixha, Florin Aliu
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Okun’s law under the demographic dynamics of the Turkish labor market

Central Bank Review, 2021
This study examines the asymmetric relationships between demographic characteristics of labor market variables and Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the Turkish economy.
Evren Erdoğan Coşar, Ayşe Arzu Yavuz
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Female Labor Supply in Latin America and the Business Cycle: Instability and Asymmetry

Review of Development Economics, Volume 29, Issue 4, Page 2505-2533, November 2025.
ABSTRACT This study measures the responsiveness of female labor supply at the extensive margin to business cycle changes in Latin America. The results provide new evidence on the stability and cyclical asymmetry of the traditional added and discouraged worker effects (i.e., AWE and DWE, respectively).
Ángel Maridueña‐Larrea, Ángel Martín‐Román   +1 more
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