Determinants of unemployment in Sabah Long-Run and Short-Run analysis

Marcilla Elmy Girl Malasius and James Alin and Mori Kogid and Jaratin Lily (2025) Determinants of unemployment in Sabah Long-Run and Short-Run analysis. Malaysian Economic Review, 1. pp. 1-9.

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Abstract

This study explores the determinants of unemployment in Sabah from 1982 to 2020. This study utilized the Autoregressive Distributed Lag order (ARDL) model to investigate the linear relationship between job vacancies, economic growth, government spending, labor force participation, and inflation on unemployment. Job vacancies were disaggregated into five types based on occupations to better understand the symmetric relationship between unemployment and vacancies based on the Beveridge curve theory. Alongside Beveridge Curve theory, this study included Okun’s Law, Keynesian theory of fiscal policy, and Phillips curve theory, which explain the factors of unemployment. Findings revealed that unemployment was influenced by economic growth (GDP) and inflation (CPI) in Sabah.

Item Type:	Article
Keyword:	Unemployment, Job vacancies, Macroeconomic factors, Sabah
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races > HT51-1595 Communities. Classes. Races > HT101-395 Urban groups. The city. Urban sociology > HT361-384 Urbanization. City and country J Political Science > JQ Political institutions and public administration (Asia, Africa, Australia, Pacific Area, etc.) > JQ21-6651 Political institutions and public administration (Asia, Africa, Australia, Pacific Area, etc.) > JQ21-1852 Asia
Department:	FACULTY > Faculty of Business, Economics and Accounting
Depositing User:	JUNAINE JASNI -
Date Deposited:	11 Aug 2025 12:13
Last Modified:	11 Aug 2025 12:13
URI:	https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/44884

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