Growth and Employment Empirics of Bangladesh

This paper applies multivariate cointegration methodology and vector error-correction models to investigate the factors that are likely to contribute to economic growth and employment in Bangladesh. This paper concludes that exports, FDI and external remittances enhance both economic growth and empl...

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Published in:The Journal of developing areas 2006-10, Vol.40 (1), p.99-114
Main Authors: Rahman, Matiur, Mustafa, Muhammad, Anisul Islam, Kishor Kumar Guru-Gharana
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bangladesh
Cointegration
Cointegration analysis
Developing countries
Economic development
Economic growth
Economic growth models
Economic growth rate
Emigration
Employment
Enrollments
Expatriates
Exports
Foreign aid
Foreign direct investment
Foreign exchange rates
Foreign investment
GDP
Gross Domestic Product
Growth models
Hypotheses
Investigations
LDCs
Long run economic growth
Multivariate analysis
Per capita
Per capita growth
Productivity
Real gross domestic product
Remittances
Studies
Unemployment
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Summary:This paper applies multivariate cointegration methodology and vector error-correction models to investigate the factors that are likely to contribute to economic growth and employment in Bangladesh. This paper concludes that exports, FDI and external remittances enhance both economic growth and employment in the short run. But the exchange rate depreciation seems contractionary, although the empirical evidence lacks abundance of clarity and robustness.
ISSN:0022-037X
1548-2278
1548-2278
DOI:10.1353/jda.2007.0008