The link between female employment and economic growth in Turkey: A time series analysis

This thesis deals with the link between female employment and economic growth. The literature reveals that there is a very limited study related with Turkish economy. Here, annual time series are used for the period of 1988-2016. The in dependent variables are female employment, urbanization and fixed capital while economic growth is dependent variable. The PP, KPSS and ERSP unit root tests are used for the station arity analyses of variables. The long run relationship between the variables is investigated by the ARDL bounds test. The presence of causal link age between the variables is examined by the Granger causality analysis. Empirical results from the study in dicate that there is a cointegration (long run) relationship between the variables. Empirical results from the study also in dicate that there is a positive and statistically significant relationship between female employment and economic growth in the long run. Finally, according to the causality test there is a causality running from female employnment to economic growth. According to these results, on female employment to accelerate the economic growth rate in Turkish economy.